• lolcatnip@reddthat.com
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    21 hours ago

    Yes, but you also have to believe the system produces satisfactory outcomes often enough for the whole thing to be worth it. It looks increasingly like a system that does little more than punish poor people for being poor and foreign people for being foreign. I would certainly be reevaluating my life choices if I were a criminal lawyer.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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      19 hours ago

      I think that’s fairly hyperbolic.

      Sure, the system is corrupt and there are a lot of high profile cases that just don’t seem to produce very “just” outcomes. That said, the vast majority of cases you don’t hear about are still producing reasonable outcomes.