On the other hand consider the justifiable outrage here at the 2 border patrol agents currently locked up.
It's simply not "very easy to end up in slam in the United States, even if you're 100% innocent." Out of the several 100 million people in the United States a very small percentage have ever been in jail. Should I assume from b-chan's post that most of you folks have been in jail? I don't think so.
In the case of the border agents note the outrage and all the effort by so many people to get them bailed out or pardoned. That's 2 border patrol agents out of about 11,000.