In the U.S., most people who are arrested are not prosecuted or jailed; furthermore those who are jailed often do not serve their full time. However, the U.S. is the world's number one jailer as well as the only industrialized nation with the death penalty. This simultaneous contradiction illustrates

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The both/and perspective is illustrated here, as it acknowledges the complexity and seemingly contradictory nature of the U.S. criminal justice system, where high incarceration rates and the use of the death penalty coexist with a system where many arrested individuals are not prosecuted or do not serve full sentences.

In the US, Most People Who Are Arrested Are Not Prosecuted or Prosecuted