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Originally Posted by RawAlex
yeah, sadly, the US system isn't about guilt or innocence anymore, just "did they touch all the bases and is everyone involved in everything totally 110% above reproach". It is way too easy to get off, and way to hard to convict - and the penalties for being found guilty are often too small compared to the crimes.
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Touching all the bases doesn't have to be a bad thing. If you create a good procedure, touching all the bases can indeed be a way to make justice likely.
As for it being too easy to get off... I don't know about that one. IIRC, the USA still has the highest prison population per capita of the entire western world.