Today mob rule censures people for widely disapproved but legal acts. Alas mobs are error-prone. If such acts were instead illegal, people could better defend themselves against false accusations. https://www.overcomingbias.com/2018/05/why-not-thought-crime.html …
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You are of course vulnerable to a malicious prosecutor. But prosecutors seeing max convictions won't pursue cases with a low chance of conviction.
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In the federal court, the plea rate is 98% and the conviction rate is 75% guilty, 8% acquittal, the rest hung
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