Overcriminalization makes a joke of justice

In this nation dedicated to liberty and justice for all, elected menaces have been writing vague or persnickety laws allowing courts to convict anyone of almost anything when some prosecutor then says here’s a chance to get somebody, to throw some unsuspecting soul in the slammer for years.

The enthusiasm for imprisoning citizens for minor missteps or no misstep at all applies across the board, to people in virtually every walk of life, but especially, it seems, to those who have made scads of money in business. Do that and simultaneously upset someone and the high achiever could be put in ruinous trouble by what is referred to as the federal “honest services” law.