You know what's fucked up? Everything, yeah, I know. But also: human judges.

There was a study that found that human judges lean toward stricter or softer sentences depending on whether they make the decision before or after lunch. This phenomenon has its own name: the hungry judge effect.

The mere fact that this bias exceeded the margin of error is already appalling. Do you even comprehend what it means? Let me break it down to you:

Your FATE can depend on whether some dude's stomach is A BIT PECKISH or SOMEWHAT FULL.

And do you realize what it signifies in turn? It signifies that other variables are even more influential: the mood of the judge, the itching of his nose, the color of your skin, your voice, your sex, your appearance—will all affect how you will be punished.

Some stinky peeps may say, "So what if criminals aren't treated fairly? They deserve it! Why should I care? I break no laws!" But they do. They do break the convoluted modern laws daily, just as everyone else does.

When you sit there, in the courtroom, when their dull and murky eyes graze over you and glare past you, your mind may start to wander. "How is *this* better than the law of the jungle and the rule of might? I'm a prisoner of circumstances that have nothing to do with my worth, or moral compass, or past mistakes. Why shouldn't I kill everyone in this room? Why shouldn't I *try*? This way, at least, my destiny will depend solely on my bodily strength. Can this really be what God intended for this world? For His children to be squashed or spared based on the stomach situation of some random person and not on His children's will and vitality?"