There's a basic brain disorder and mental/moral deviance that allows one to say -
1. Hang out with better people next time.
2. If he didn't do it, he shouldn't have been there.
3. He was there at the time so he must be guilty.
4. He didn't die so what's the problem with being in prison for 5, 10, 25 years.
5. He served 5 years in prison but finally won his release on appeal - 'There's proof the system works'.
I used to think there were some incredibly stupid people on this planet. I've come to the realization that there are more idiots than I had ever imagined.
Look at Nazi Germany in the 1930's when that type of ignorance became the norm, after all Hitler was just a goofy little politician that few took seriously in the beginning. Dictators tell THEIR devoted followers that THEY are the chosen ones, to distrust the media, to ridicule and discredit science and academics, and pretty soon you can kill millions and conquer the world... almost.
