Evil in the American Justice System
AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERSISTENCE OF EVIL IN OUR LAWS, POLICIES, AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Recipe for Evil
1. Overidentify with a cause.
2.  Elevate personal goals over concern for human consequences of decisions.
3.  Lack empathy.
Evil in our legal system often results from overidentification with popular causes (often an "ism") of the day--especially ideological causes that treat mankind as specimens or lead to "us versus them" mentalities.  When overidentification with a cause is coupled with elevated concern for personal goals--often the career goals of the government actor or actors--over consequences to others, the chances for evil further increase. A third factor that increases the likelihood of evil is a government actor's low level of empathy for the persons adversely affected by his or her action. 

Let's consider some examples of evil in the American legal system.