Men tend to feel threatened; women tend to feel guilty.
Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.
People plead guilty or admit to crimes they didn't commit for various reasons. Certain interrogation procedures produce high rates of false confessions.
A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.
I've been guilty of being in the writers' room and going too dark; other people have gone too wacky and zany.