“Each one of these is a group that is hell bent on worshiping the law,...”
The sad part to me is that each one of these groups, excluding the jury, makes a living off of being hell bent on worshipping the law. They are highly motivated to ensure as many people are criminals as possible. Add to that the fact that many jurors are hell bent on ending their service as fast as possible, without consideration of the effects of their decisions, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Except when the statutory rapist is a cute blond teacher. Then our strict by the book legal system doesn't imprison said cute blond statutory rapist because she's too cute for prison. By the way was she forced to register as a sex offender?