Public Pillory 1 – The act and sentencing
Chapter 1 The act and sentencing. The Humility bill of 2069 changed it all. It was a sweeping bill that changed the face of justice. Trials lasted days not months or years. Most sentences lasted hours or days not years. When a sentence was completed, the accused had a clean record. No more ruined lives due to past indiscretions before the accused learned their lessons. Almost overnight, all prisons were repurposed into rehabilitation and party centers. Serious crimes of murder dropped by 99.8 percent in a matter of months. Rape and other crimes of passion were cut by 98 percent. White collar crimes dropped by 93 percent. No one thought it would pass, but both conservatives and liberals found their priorities crossing for widely different reasons. Each hated the other groups reasons, but in a …