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Calls for various forms of reform seem to be everywhere. Normally, such calls would be welcome — for victims of people who have engaged in unacceptable behavior and for rules requiring reform. But the current calls for “criminal justice system reform” give the misleading impression that our judicial system for dealing with criminal defendants is broken. The phrase “criminal justice system” triggers thoughts of how we treat people charged with crime in our nation’s courtrooms — how judges, attorneys and jurors conduct themselves in the effort to adhere to established principles that ensure defe…