Vastly disproportionate punishments can be used to elicit plea bargains from people who should not plead out.
criminal justice system
April 7, 2016
10:00AM
On one hand, we want effectiveness, but on the other, we want fairness. A lot of superhero fiction explores this tension.
February 25, 2016
7:37AM
In fiction, we can be sure that our protagonists are pursuing the actually guilty—not so, in the real world.