“Therein lies part of the problem as well. Good guys versus bad guys. It’s a false dichotomy, a two-dimensional cartoon rather than a multidimensional, full-blown portrayal of actual people. Constructs like these minimize the humanity of the people being prosecuted. Criminal defendants become a parade of disposable people who are somehow less than human and not worthy of careful, sometimes agonizing consideration of the possibility that somewhere along the line something went terribly wrong.”
