This is why corporatized, "media as entertainment" culture in the US is so dangerous. In reality, we live under a regime of insane violence and mass incarcerati

This is why corporatized, "media as entertainment" culture in the US is so dangerous. In reality, we live under a regime of insane violence and mass incarceration compared to other developed countries. But because the distinction between news media and "Law and Order" episodes is blurred in the minds of average Americans, people think everyone is escaping justice on a clever technicality vs. being forced to plead guilty to crimes they either didn't commit or are in excess of their actual offense (what really happens).