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The effect of lead toxicity is not immediately and enormous so it is not remotely analogous.

The effect of a grumpy person sending Bob to jail is also not immediate or enormous (unless you are bob or bob's family).

You've misunderstood. The effect is measurable immediately (guilty or not guilty) and the size of the effect (65% to 0%) is enormous.

Judges are not the only people who need to eat.