This Atlantic piece on mob rule in Nigeria highlights three frightening features of lynchings; incredible speed, terrifying spontaneity, and often egregious ina

This Atlantic piece on mob rule in Nigeria highlights three frightening features of lynchings; incredible speed, terrifying spontaneity, and often egregious inaccuracy. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/perplexed-perplexed-on-mob-justice-in-nigeria/264006/ http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/10/per... There is an often-hidden virtue to the methodical, deliberative nature of a real court system that's easy to miss until you see how humans can behave in its absence.