No idea if this is heading in a good direction. I would like some feedback.
[title] One Hell of A Weekend
[validity] recreational drugs are illegal, has a court system
[description] Your unruly nephew was arrested on Friday evening - on their birthday of all occasions - for passing a tracker who was letting them pass in a no passing zone. When your nephew was pulled over, the officer discovered a sizable amount of marijuana in the car. By the time they were brought to the jail, the judge who issues bail bonds had gone home, forcing him to stay in jail until the judge issued bail bonds on Monday afternoon. During their stay, the violent individual he was housed with assaulted him and he was then maced by guards when they attempted to end the assault. Furthermore, when your nephew refused to stop touching his eyes while attempting to find relief after being maced, the guards tied him to a restraint chair for several hours. Upon your nephew’s release, they have come to your office complaining about the entire ordeal.
[option] “This country and its stupid laws! Look at my face,” your nephew says, garnishing his black eye while continuing to rant. “Those guards, the person I was housed with, the food, by golly, the food, horrible! It is all broken. I couldn’t even ask for the time, seeing as I was in a room with no windows, without a threat from those guards on their 12-hour shifts. 12-hour shifts, really? Who thought of that? I hate everyone by the end of my 8-hour shift at McBurgers. I can’t imagine what the feeling is after 12, and that’s not even mentioning their power tripping! Didn’t you see that experiment about prison guards? They stopped after only 6 days, and I was in there for 3! Jails, prisons, those holes you keep people in need reform and they need it now! Violent criminals shouldn’t be housed with non-violent criminals, and the guards need their own restraints! You want to show the world how bad it is? All those cameras in all those jails and prisons need to be public property and publicly broadcasted. It’s called accountability.”
[effect] Prisoners and guards smile for the camera in their 24/7 Twitcher feeds
[option] “Look, it’s your nephew’s first offence, and I’ve already talked to the district attorney. I have your nephew lined up for pre-trial diversion, and they shouldn’t face any charges,” states your nephew’s lawyer, @@RANDOMNAME@@. “There is nothing wrong with the law. There is, however, something wrong with your nephew. I mean, what were they thinking? Just because that tracker was letting them pass doesn’t excuse them breaking the law, and, of course, having an illegal substance on them is a big no no. They pass a couple of drug tests and they are free to go” the lawyer says before stopping to cough as if they just smoked something.
[effect] the wheels of justice just keeps on turning
[option] “I have 25 other cases to deal with, what is this about?’ frustratingly questions the district attorney over speakerphone as you call them up. “Oh, that was your nephew? Well, let me tell you, all the crazy things I see in here day after day, I’d rather not deal with small time offenders like your nephew, but that is the law - right now anyway. Why not just legalize recreational drugs so that I don’t have to keep up with the small time fries? It’d certainly help clear up the backlog we have here.”
[effect] red rimmed eyes are on the raise
“If the judge was issuing bail bonds throughout the weekend, your nephew would have to had to endure none of this,” proclaims your Minister of Reform, @@RANDOMNAME@@, peering into your office. “These ‘judges’ have far to much discretion on how they go about things, anyway, and most of them are elected - if you can believe that. We need tighter controls over how they go about their daily business, controls that favor the people subject to their discretion.”
[effect] burnt-out judges issue rulings with one eye open
