I think I can finally put a word to what I find so galling about the court system in the US. “Proportionality”. There’s not even any *attempt* at proportionality anywhere in the process except MAYBE at sentencing, where the attempt fails.
I think I can finally put a word to what I find so galling about the court system in the US. “Proportionality”. There’s not even any *attempt* at proportionality anywhere in the process except MAYBE at sentencing, where the attempt fails.
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