I find it terribly sad that the impetus for reforming the US "threaten and settle" criminal justice system might come from the onerous burden placed on corporat

I find it terribly sad that the impetus for reforming the US "threaten and settle" criminal justice system might come from the onerous burden placed on corporations. In the same way I find it very disappointing how much of the conversation around marijuana legalization is about the economic benefits. By this calculus, we ascribe a non-trivial negative cost to NOT putting people in jail.