Delayed Accountability in the American Political Class is Itself Criminal, Part 2
The dire consequences of deferred justice
Failing to prosecute politically connected wrongdoers promptly, and with the same severity applied to ordinary citizens, emboldens further and more brazen misconduct by the individuals who escape consequence. Furthermore, non-enforcement itself functions as an incentive structure to others contemplating corrupt actions. And a justice system that appears, case after case, to apply one set of rules to the politically connected and another to everyone else breeds cynicism and corrodes public trust in the institutions responsible for enforcing the law.
