That&#x27;s basically a form of authoritarianism.<p>Also, this is essentially the underlying premise behind no-tolerance policies and three-strike drug laws with mandatory sentences, which view interpreting the law based on context as an impediment to enforcement, the solution for which is removing the ability of judges to do so. You can&#x27;t have a just legal framework in which the only role of humans is to be punished or to exact punishment.