The complaints that Weev has are the same complaints that prisoners in the federal system have had for decades. Prisoner treatment in the US has been litigated to death with no significant reform. Courts have made explicitly clear that current law effectively allows for barbaric treatment of inmates. Given the virtual impossibility of changing the status quo in the US political system, it is doubtful that our laws will be changed to upgrade the experience of criminals (which is how the cynical US public views such proposals).

So, when it comes to our unyielding government, I suppose every US citizen is an abused child. It is a bully that will not ever go away, and can and does abuse anyone it wants to without consequence. Ironically, this bully is empowered by its own pool of potential victims, most of whom are in favor of all of this right up until the time they become its target - which is becoming increasingly easy to do.

1. The police who arrested and charged you.

2. The prosecutor who decided to go ahead with the charges.

3. Your lawyer.

4. The judge (if it ever gets there)

5. Yours - you probably lost your job as soon as you were arrested anyway and good luck finding a new one with that on your record.

There is only one person on this list who even cares about your innocence. That's right, you.

Even your lawyer? S/he doesn't really care. For him/her, it's about getting the "best" deal. Because going in front of a judge is like flipping a coin and if you fit any stereotype, you are likely fucked.

Ever had a tax audit? Same idea. No one cares about fairness or justice in the government. They only care about their salary and performance.

The police are given more funding, the more arrests they make. The prosecutor has a full pipeline ensuring his/her job. The judge likely doesn't even need to see a single case in a week.

There is no way out. Talking about it doesn't help because anyone who takes a plea is assumed to be guilty: "Yeah he wasn't found guilty, but he must have done something otherwise why would he take a deal instead of go to trial?"

That is the way the layman thinks. If I was to tell you that I was arrested for walking in a room a police officer told me to walk into, you'd laugh and say I was lying. But it's true. And I had to plea out of it. Because it's my word against his. And I took a plea after he tried to steal $400 from me and burned my watch while I was in custody.

The government is a mechanism for satisfying bullies. Is it any wonder why small government is desired by some?

This seems like a veiled ad-hominem.