[andrewflnr]

How do you think that bears on my post, which is a variation on "please write the damn law, but in a sensical way please"?

[Beijinger]

You can't write a law for every possible situation. And many laws were introduced because they were committed, and they realized, there is no law to punish the person.

English common law had many good ideas. The US criminal system may be a mess, but the underlying ideas are good. Not everybody can be Norway.... ;-)