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  • Derpenheim@lemmy.ziptoComic Strips@lemmy.world•oh boy, ethics!
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    9 days ago

    For the people thst practice law, it is not uncommon to have charges dropped even if the law was very clearly violated, because it just doesn’t feel.right to penalize them.

    E.g., a battered spouse kills their partner or a parent is caught stealing baby formula in small amounts. Such cases regularly get thrown out