Law and justice are two distant cousins that are not on talking terms. That was what an attorney, played by actor Marlon Brando, once said. A movie. A reality. And an Indonesia.

Reformasi has confirmed that statement. Between law and justice, there appears to be no point of convergence, but antagonism. After the regime change in 1998, the legal community has not made any move to be intimate with justice. Many big-time corruptors remain free; sever