Never. But the intent of the law is that it applies to people equally. And we have a jury to temper that with some humanity. And here is a question - is there another system that is better?
We use the word "democracy" without understanding of what it means and what the intent is. If our best definition of democracy is "voting" then we have become a cargo cult democracy.
If it's the intent and that's what democracy is predicated on but it isn't then why does it matter? The purpose of a system is what it does, not what it was designed to do
That’s a really strange twisting of words. “Purpose” and “what [something] was designed to do” are literally synonymous. It’s the definition of purpose.
That reality deviates from purpose does not change the purpose, it just means no system is perfect.
