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Selective enforcement really is a great evil. The law most be applied evenly or it should not be applied at all. “To my friends: anything, to my enemies: the l

• lvs 6y ago
  What you're describing is far more totalitarian than I think you understand. Corrupt selective enforcement is an evil, but prosecutorial discretion is a necessary component of a free society.
  • Ericson2314 6y ago
    I mean if trials really were speedy and the justice system not heavily backlogged would it be? Jury nullification is supposed to fill that need.
    • lvs 6y ago
      So the state is obligated to prosecute all crimes with extenuating circumstances all the way through trial in your dystopia? No thanks.
      • strken 6y ago
        If discretion is applied to every single crime, it's got nothing to do with extenuating circumstances and everything to do with bad laws that shouldn't exist. For the state to make a law and then refuse to prosecute it is dangerous, because it could at any time turn around and start.
    • koheripbal 6y ago
      IF bandwidth was not an issue, then lots of things would be possible. ...but that is not a reasonably possible IF. We don't have infinite resources to hold jury trials for every time someone walks outside a crosswalk.
    • dragonwriter 6y ago
      > I mean if trials really were speedy and the justice system not heavily backlogged would it be? Yes. > Jury nullification is supposed to fill that need. No, its not. Prosecutorial discretion, jury nullifcation, and executive pardon/clemency are all part of what is supposed to fill overlapping needs.
  • ffggvv 6y ago
    those are just double speak for the same thing. laws must be enforced. it’s up to juries and judges to determine guilt, not some highly partisan DA
• selfishgene 6y ago
  In the United States that's why we have the 14th Amendment.