CA is not the whole of the US. It's one relatively liberal state. What about states in the midwest? What about federal crimes? What about three strikes legislation? What about CFAA? What about death sentences? What about felony murder?
The US may be fixing some of these things but for an idea of how the US system is viewed from over here right now check out the documentaries by Louis Theroux and the one entitled "The Farm -- Life on Angola Prison".
The US may be fixing some of these things but for an idea of how the US system is viewed from over here right now check out the documentaries by Louis Theroux and the one entitled "The Farm -- Life on Angola Prison".