Probably the most interesting sentence here to me (not the author's own words, but cited from another source):
"German legal ideology, moreover, is opposed to penalizing people for their own tactical mistakes."
From the news, I get the impression that the American system makes routine practice of increasing or decreasing people's punishment not for the severity of their crimes, but rather for their skill (or their lawyers') in navigating the legal system.
"German legal ideology, moreover, is opposed to penalizing people for their own tactical mistakes."
From the news, I get the impression that the American system makes routine practice of increasing or decreasing people's punishment not for the severity of their crimes, but rather for their skill (or their lawyers') in navigating the legal system.