In The Crucible, the children accuse many people of witchcraft. Danforth, however, never doubts the honesty of the accusers, until it's too late, and he's killed many people. It was unfair of Danforth to allow such loose, and easily faked, proof be used as solid evidence for giving people the death penalty.
This is why in America today, people are given the right to a fair trial. But even if that is one of our laws, it is not always held up. An example I found of this was with the case of Omar Khadr. Briefly, he was a prisoner of war, and the first person tried under Obama's new military commissions that made it possible for people proven innocent to be held indefinitely. Khadr had been held in prison for 8 years, since he was only 15 years old. With these new commissions, Obama is basically saying since we are at war with the al Qaeda, we are allowed to give people unfair trials.
This obviously violates different laws, like the ones that state people are allowed a fair trial, and are allowed to go free if they are proven innocent. Because of this, I disagree with this case, and believe this to be an unfair trial. If we are allowing people, ones who have been proven innocent even, to be locked up forever, like criminals, then why bother even having courts? Why not just throw everyone accused in prison forever? It would save us time and money.
In both cases, we have to take into account how honest the accusers are. After all, it is possible that people can lie. No matter what they've been taught growing up. It is human nature.
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Sources:
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/unfair-trials/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ahmed_Khadr
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