The Justice Dice

We have all seen the failure of justice in our nation. Juries find a person guilty, and the judge then turns around and hands out a 3-year sentence for what should be a 10-year crime, and then you hear them hand out a 10-year sentence for what should be a 3-year crime. I would like to propose a solution that takes human meddling out of the picture; the Justice Dice.

Rather than have a judge arbitrarily assign a number of years to a person for a crime, each crime is rated as being worth a certain number of dice. This crime rating chart is done up in advance so as to avoid any legal bickering over the worth of a particular crime.

For example, bank robbery might get you 6 dice; murder might get you 12 dice; embezzlement might be worth 4 dice; tax evasion, 2 dice. The dice are placed in a Yahtzee cup, shaken and rolled out, and that's the amount of time the criminal spends in the joint.

Misdemeansor are worth a maximum of two dice, with each dot worth one month. Felonies are worth a maximum of 12 dice, with each dot worth one year. All rolls are done on the Justice Table, which happens to have high edges just like a Las Vegas table so that the dice don't bounce off. The judge counts out the dice and places them into the Justice Cup. The baliff hands the Justice Cup to the criminal and the criminal tosses out their fate. If a die bounces off the table, it's an automatic 6; so as to prevent any slyness on the behalf of the criminal.

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