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Mexico is doomed.

ELI5 why would you elect a judge? You want judge to be independent from politics and just legal expert, here to apply strictly the law and limit as much as possible the weight of their personal opinions, so every citizen is judged the same way.

Electing judge seems backward and totally opposite to that goal

Am I missing something? She did her job as a defense attorney should and she is now a judge. I just want to point out that the keyword of this article is “elected”.

I thought the whole point of lawyers was that everybody gets one? Is there any shame in defending El Chapo?