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Altogether the city [Las Vegas] is one of the most amiably raffish communities in the nation—an assembly of glittering chrome and flaming colors by day, a flowering jungle of glowing neon and flashing lights by night.

This short article explains how the present American overcriminalization violates biblical principles of justice.

Fish that, with their fins and shining scales, / Glide under the green wave.