Fortunately we don't punish people based on "the will of the people" but rather on the basis of the decision of a jury of our peers beyond a reasonable doubt. The majority CAN be wrong, and innocent people are imprisoned occasionally and even executed. Obama & Bush killed millions of innocent people and we pay them a plush pension of hundreds of thousand$, including benefits. Riepe is an accomplice of crooked sheriffs yet he's likely pulling down a pension in that range, too.