You know, on the other hand, in spite of all this, it’s really a pretty good system. Everyone always says it’s the best in the world, and I have no idea if that’s true, and i tend to doubt whether anyone who ever makes this bold statement really knows if it’s true either, but it’s not a grossly unfair system on balance. It’s a big, inexact, expensive, inefficient machine that gets it wrong a lot, but it does work a lot too! I guess our expectations are high. if you’re expectations were very very low, then you might be pleasantly surprised when the right result is reached, which does happen. It is sometimes said among publci defenders that “i would plead my grandmother toa freaking misdemeanor”, meaning, if you’re charged witha
felony and you can gets a misdemeanor, you should probably jump all over it. Maybe the price of crime ultimately is related to the price of real estate. The wealthier a society becomes, the more it values property, the less tolerant of crime, and the higher the price that must be paid when the rules are broken. I have no diea if that is true or not but it soudned good for a second…
