> Even if you merely cross the road in the wrong place, you deserve a punishment to the maximum extent specified by the law, don't you? It depends _why_ you di

> Even if you merely cross the road in the wrong place, you deserve a punishment to the maximum extent specified by the law, don't you? It depends _why_ you did it. This is the precise reason why we have courts and juries. Jury nullification exists for a reason. Laws are not meant to be a rote set of rules and punishments to dole out mechanically.