> The US has uniquely good protections against abuse by government officials. I hear even civil forfeiture is in decline. Though too many cases still end by p

> The US has uniquely good protections against abuse by government officials. I hear even civil forfeiture is in decline. Though too many cases still end by plea bargain. Which has interesting parallels to torture https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4154&context=uclrev https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti... from 1978. With others arguing that plea bargain is coerced confession, and some legal scholars even thinking thoughtful torture would be better https://www.econlib.org/how-thoughtful-torture-beats-plea-bargaining/ https://www.econlib.org/how-thoughtful-torture-beats-plea-ba... I love the US, and part of that love is to help it see its weaknesses and injustices so we can fix them.