cutting room floor stuff. it's a good and useful process.   don't be silly, respect goes both ways. people wouldn't abuse the system as much because they would be fucking hated for it. people feel comfortable pushing for harsher sentences or more lenient evidential requirements for conviction because it's "only" jail. people have no respect for it. if you get someone killed for touching your hip you're not going to be welcome in any community that knows your name. we can point at the yank system and point out its flaws if we like, but we can also point at the british system in the 1800s and point out how well it worked. what matters is the quality of the men making the decisions, everything else is secondary.
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