Seems the defendant thinks that eradicating the judge will make his legal life easier. I read this at the request of someone who has lots of legal experience. She was troubled by various aspects of legal criminal procedure and wanted to know if I, as a legal novice, saw any problem areas. I sailed blindly onward, never seeing anything that seemed questionable. You've got to remember, though, that I am a resident of the Lone Star State.
Legal ethics are sometimes an oxymoron.
Here we fry our meat and our criminals. The Proposal is interesting, with flawed people who do overcome past hurts. It's not so dark and angst-ridden that reading it is troublesome.