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** Half of the stuff Chris does would be more than enough to get him fired at the very least. Given how some of the injuries (such as Heather's jellyfish stings) could easily have fatal or life-altering side effects, and some (like Trent eating poisonous blowfish) have nearly killed the contestants, Chris would have been fired, arrested, and likely jailed barely a third of the way through the first season.
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** Half of the stuff Chris does would be more than enough to get him fired at the very least. Given how some of the injuries (such as Heather's jellyfish stings) could easily have fatal or life-altering side effects, and some (like Trent eating poisonous blowfish) have nearly killed the contestants, Chris would have been fired, arrested, and likely jailed barely a third of the way through the first season. The only time Chris is actually charged with a crime is at the end of the fourth season, where he's arrested for illegally disposing toxic waste all over the island- and even then, he's released at the start of the next season anyway after the network posts bail.
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** Lampshaded in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]]", where Hans Moleman (who is sentenced to death [[ButtMonkey for some reason]]) asks why the city's prison has a death row (he's right -- executions are a federal matter and thus done only on state prisons) after complaining that Homer just ate his last meal (Homer did a misdemeanor the scene prior by annoying Marge as she is performing her duties as a police officer on top of parking on the Quik-E-Mart's space for disabled drivers and buying beer for teens, and he is in the cell right next to Hans'). Reverend Lovejoy orders him to shut up and he [[TheyKilledKennyAgain the scene cuts to him being taken to his execution]].
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* ''VideoGame/SimCity4'': Criminals caught by the police will go to prison even if you have no Courthouse in town, or even in the region, to give them a trial, which is a big no-no in most justice systems around the world. Possible subversion: That said, [[RealityIsUnrealistic in real life it's not uncommon for the courthouse to be combined with something else]], like the City Hall[[note]]Prominent example: Up until the completion of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Juanita_Kidd_Stout_Center_for_Criminal_Justice Criminal Justice Center]] in 1994, most criminal trials in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}--one of the 5 largest cities in the United States at the time--were held in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Hall Philadelphia City Hall]]. Please note that even after criminal functions were moved to the CJC, City Hall is still primarily a courthouse--it's just that the relevant trials are civil rather than criminal. (City government functions are mostly located in two nearby municipal office buildings or in rented space.)[[/note]] (pretty easy to get in this game) or even the police station. Perhaps the assumption is that this is what's going on.
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* AmoralAttorney: Attorneys are supposed to be ''impartial'' and give all clients the best representation that they can possibly provide. A criminal defense attorney will tell you that providing the best possible representation to the worst people serves a twofold purpose: it keeps the police and prosecution honest and forces them to do things by the book, and it eliminates the possibility of any sort of successful appeal from the defendant. If the evidence against someone is overwhelming and there is absolutely no way they are getting off easy, it becomes a matter of sentence reduction - the attorney may try and work out a decent plea deal, or will try and go after iffy procedural elements or get flimsier charges reduced or tossed. If they absolutely cannot represent a client in good faith (usually when the client lies or fails to disclose important facts, does something hilariously stupid that torpedoes their case, or keeps doing everything they were told not to do), they have an ethical and legal obligation to relieve themselves of their duty. The level of moral bankruptcy that is often seen in fiction would cause most attorneys to be disbarred, or even arrested, a ''long'' time ago. No attorney in their right mind is going to lie on the stand or knowingly allow a client to perjur themselves, or willfully mislead the court.
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* AmoralAttorney: Attorneys are supposed to be ''impartial'' and give all clients the best representation that they can possibly provide. A criminal defense attorney will tell you that providing the best possible representation to the worst people serves a twofold purpose: it keeps the police and prosecution honest and forces them to do things by the book, and it eliminates the possibility of any sort of successful appeal from the defendant. If the evidence against someone is overwhelming and there is absolutely no way they are getting off easy, it becomes a matter of sentence reduction - the attorney may try and work out a decent plea deal, or will try and go after iffy procedural elements or get flimsier charges reduced or tossed. If they absolutely cannot represent a client in good faith (usually when the client lies or fails to disclose important facts, does something hilariously stupid that torpedoes their case, or keeps doing everything they were told not to do), they have an ethical and legal obligation to relieve themselves of their duty. The level of moral bankruptcy that is often seen in fiction would cause most attorneys to be disbarred, or even arrested, a ''long'' time ago. No attorney in their right mind is going to lie on the stand or knowingly allow a client to perjur perjure themselves, or willfully mislead the court.
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* The entirety of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series plays very loose with the legal system of Japan. The legal system is so skewed out of the realm of reality that it barely resembles the Japanese legal system at all. For one, the courts in ''Ace Attorney'' violate major sections of the Constitution of Japan in regards to legal rights, including the right to not self-incriminate, the right to a fair trial, and protection against unlawful detention. Plus, the games are working from a stance of "guilty until proven innocent", but it's more like "[[GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty guilty until someone else is proven guilty]]". Early games are especially bad about this, as just failing to prove a killer's motivation (even if it's beyond all doubt that someone is the culprit) results in an innocent person going to jail. The games exist in their own fictional version of Earth which makes the disconnect easier to swallow, but still has moments where one questions how this justice system gets anything done.
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* The entirety of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series plays very loose with the legal system of Japan. The legal system is so skewed out of the realm of reality that it barely resembles the Japanese legal system at all. For one, the courts in ''Ace Attorney'' violate major sections of the Constitution of Japan in regards to legal rights, including the right to not self-incriminate, the right to a fair trial, and protection against unlawful detention. Plus, the games are working while Japanese courts work from a stance of "guilty until proven innocent", but in the games it's more like "[[GuiltyUntilSomeoneElseIsGuilty guilty until someone else is proven guilty]]". Early games are especially bad about this, as just failing to prove a killer's motivation (even if it's beyond all doubt that someone is the culprit) results in an innocent person going to jail. The games exist in their own fictional version of Earth which makes the disconnect easier to swallow, but still has moments where one questions how this justice system gets anything done.
