One involves imprisonment with no chance of release with potential torture, the other is allowed free after their jail term. I don't understand your comparison?
Tt'll be though rebuilding your life, since employment opportunities are denied to ex-inmates, and thanks to probation fees, you'll be saddled with debts hard to pull away from.
> The criminal representation rate now is generally said to be somewhere between 30-50%.
Last I checked, in the US, every person is entitled to representation. You want to argue that a country without a separate independent judiciary is capable of producing fairer outcomes for individuals without political collusion?