We have gotten so far from the original concept and purpose. It originated under Roman rule because of the fate that awaited Jews in Roman courts. Mesira was particularly needed on Czarist Russia . Russian courts were biased against Jews while beis dins had the authority to render and enforce their decisions..
Flash forward to the 21st century. Our court systems great everyone the same ( good bad and indifferent ) and beis dins in the US are largely powerless.Mesorah, on the other hand has morphed into a tool to suppress accusations and to get away with stuff. Accusations of mesirah have been infamously used to stall everything from accusationss of spousal abuse and child molestation to accusations of zoning and construction violations.
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