One day it will be impossible to commit a crime, large or small without getting caught. Everything will be recorded and subjected to the same detached, beauracratic process. I can't think of a more Orwellian yet likely situation. Anyone who opposes the rapidly emerging status quo can easily be silenced by digging up some past crime of his. There's crime and there's crime. Everybody commits minor offences sometimes but if nobody knows about it, does it really matter? Once it's known to law enforcement, however, it's hard for them to ignore.