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This really nails home the point that the legal system is not intended to protect ordinary citizens from the worst people in our society, it’s there to protect the very worst in our society from ordinary citizens.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

To play devil's advicate, this was the case under Communism too.