> making the world a better place For a large segment of the US electorate, anything that inflicts pain on "bad people" is "making the world a better place".

> making the world a better place For a large segment of the US electorate, anything that inflicts pain on "bad people" is "making the world a better place". If the software was causing prisoners to be released early, most US voters would be up in arms. But if they're being held too long, the calculus is different. In software terms, for many Americans, a "tough on crime" outcome is a "feature not a bug".