Isn't that how our society works in general? Say you are the victim of a crime. You can't really do anything about it except appeal to the authorities. They

Isn't that how our society works in general? Say you are the victim of a crime. You can't really do anything about it except appeal to the authorities. They will generally take pity on you and try to enforce the law, but often enough they don't and they have discretion not to. You have no other recourse for justice if they take the route of not enforcing the law other than appealing to the public or to a higher authority. Many victims of crimes have had the existing system fail them in this fashion.