criminal justice is determined whateverime du jour, the newspaper feels you have to do something about. you are accountable, but you need some independents. arguably, the federal system has independents. second to the mandatory minimum discussion, you need a system in which players balance each other so if a prosecutor comes to me with a charge that is ridiculous and i find out more about the case, i want to be able to say that the charge may be appropriate in the case of a dealer of megatons, but not this kid. that is where judicial discretion is an anecdote. there is a balance. right now, the system is skewed. skewed thisrugs has completely. like ato sentence people column of figures. discretion to enable me to say, i cannot sentence you to that. mr. foss: the problem with accountability is you are assuming the accountability applies to everyone and everyone has the opportunity to be involved in the process of electing a prosecutor. when you disenfranchise people either through making them , people not system being educated about what a prosecutor does, and let's not forget about the