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Yes, we'd all be much better off if the criminal justice system didn't exist.



I don't think he's saying it should stop. If the system becomes log jammed with cases there would be an obvious prioritization and you would see the nonsense we saw with the Schwartz case be a non-issue.


You wish. Here in Uruguay the system is log-jammed, and the result is that a typical case can take decades - ok, the average is three years, but still, you read all the time about cases being closed that took decades to resolve.


That wasn't my point. The point is right now unimportant and victimless issues get a lot of attention. If no one took a plea charges would be dropped except on really heinous acts.




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