I agree with you. It is not my argument that people should find the result acceptable. That's highly unlikely, since the prosecution's desired result and the defense's desired result are diametrically opposed.
The public good is justice. And I agree with McQuade: the rules of justice have been followed. The question I think we should be discussing is whether or not the rules -- as they stand -- are giving us the public justice that we demand. I don't know the answer to that question, nor am I advocating any specific change.
I just know that intuitively speaking, we can and should do better. But how we do that? I have no answers.
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