Article awhile back talked about how about 8% of the population avoids crimes only out of fear of punishment.
Remove that fear and a significant segment of the population will go on a rampage.
Remove that fear and a significant segment of the population will go on a rampage.
The police will happily spend hours sitting on the side of the road writing traffic tickets, but if a group of guys kick your ass on the street, good luck getting them to do more than fill out some paper work. Even if there's solid evidence, they perps still need to be people the police are willing to go after.
Also, in America, it's already the case that ~40% of homicides go unsolved. It's almost a coin toss whether you'd actually get away with it.