When someone says, hey, the US is a really terrible place, saying "But this one (or five) states in the US aren't quite as awful!" is making their point for them.
edit: I do not agree with the U.S. justice system being third world level; I just don't think the differences in states are relevant here when the average across all of them is so terrible on this particular metric.
edit: I do not agree with the U.S. justice system being third world level; I just don't think the differences in states are relevant here when the average across all of them is so terrible on this particular metric.