>But none of this really matters because the judges are not impartial.
Of course they are not impartial, in the US they are elected. If you're not "tough on crime" you're getting replaced next election.
Of course they are not impartial, in the US they are elected. If you're not "tough on crime" you're getting replaced next election.
Low effort response, but seriously reading about this non-sense in the USA I'm wondering why you guys even have laws in the first place. Either have them and enforce them, or get rid of them via democratic means. Right now it seems like you have the worst of both, and real people get stuck in the middle.
Most people are indifferent because the laws don't affect them. Why should they care when they can benefit from selective enforcement? Everyone speeds and then only a couple people get upset that they got a ticket because they're the only ones caught.
Also commonly called "anarcho-tyranny."
In many cases, we have them for the specific purpose of criminalizing nonwhite people and political dissidents.