An Automatic System is in place. The System instantly and automatically detects anyone who commits a crime... and instantaneously executes/deletes them as part of a regular cycle. The System refreshes every 24 hours... during which it will without fail, detect all wrongdoers, and delete them in one movement. On the streets, people go about their lives... but when the clock strikes a certain time during the night, some people all over the world instantly die of heart attacks (the criminals).
Because this System is in place, there are no more criminal courts and there are no more policemen. Law makers have the power of life and death in many matters by deciding, within the constitution, what falls or doesn't fall into the criminal jurisdiction (and hence, whether or not its regulated by the Automatic System). As can be expected, under such a System, crime is an all time low.
As a clarification, the System only deletes people for felonies and not for minor criminal or regulatory offences. At any point in time, the System ignores any laws that are blatantly unconstitutional, whether or not an existing court has made a ruling on it or not. The System will also, at all times, take into account judicial interpretation of laws.
Assume that the laws that are in place, are similar to the laws that are currently in place in most liberal USA states. "Felonies" (that the System polices) includes ONLY crimes where there is a clear victim (with the exception of drug related offences such as possession which ARE enforced). Merely technical "felonies" that exist in the book or "felonies" in which there are no victims are not enforced. That is to say, just because an obscure rule somewhere says something is a felony does not necessary mean it is System enforced.
One day you stand in a unique place in the world. You have the option to permanently disable the Automatic System. You only have this moment to decide and your decision is permanent... do you do it or do you not do it? Why? Explain your reasoning.
