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    A criminal justice system exists in a state — Carmelics
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    Supports→A person may be governed by an institution even without endorsing or consenting to it

    A criminal justice system exists in a state

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    A person may be governed by some institution even if he does not like it, or does not endorse it. Thus, for example, suppose a criminal justice system exists in a certain state. Suppose some miscreant lives in that state and has been charged with some crime. Suppose he is found guilty in a duly established court of law and is sentenced to ten years in prison. He is governed by the rules of the judicial system whether he likes it or not. To be governed by an institution one must live (or perhaps

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