Except that in practice, we are still subject to a judge's mood and familiarity. I am still trying to clear myself of a wrongful conviction, a misdemeanor for

Except that in practice, we are still subject to a judge's mood and familiarity. I am still trying to clear myself of a wrongful conviction, a misdemeanor for which I was given the maximum allowed sentence of six months in county jail, that was given to me, in spite of blatant inconsistency across half a dozen witness reports and 2 years of court battles, because the judge said, "I think you are lying" and was angry that he had to see me so many times and I didn't just take a plea deal like a good little citizen. And I wish I was an exception. But this happens everywhere and I doubt the presiding judge could even recount half of these guidelines. It's all arbitrary.