When the human stakes are this great, our laws should demand no less.
"But the law demands that the defendant's side be represented on the record."
By 2014, the law demands that all students become proficient in reading and math.
Did the law nonetheless demand that they go free?
Cruelty existed, indeed: but natural law did not demand it.
However, the law does not demand that facilities be retrofitted.
The law of God had demanded holiness, but could not enable it.
One day, international law will demand that justice be done.
The law demanded evidence and due process, but provided little to make things right.
The law might not demand it - this was a legal sale - but ethics does.
