What about the innocent people we have wrongly executed? And if someone went to jail for 10 years for a murder they didn't commit, I wouldn't call that "something worked", I would call that "failed by our current justice system".
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Two points and then back to work > > Well, they got out. They were let out, something worked, It just took too > long. I don't think police and lawyers Set out to put innocent people in > jail. sometimes that facts, or what look like the facts, make it hard not > believe these people committed the crime. > > One must remember, victim-less crimes are put in place by states and in > most cases, the cities. Prostitution is legal in some places. > > The federal government keeps these laws in place by threatening to take > certain funding away if places legalize it. While is disagree with this > practice, in this case, I think that should be in their power. > > At 09:10 AM 12/7/2001 -0600, you wrote: > >Granted Nick, I certainly don't want to sound paranoid (unless I should). > >But over 80 people have gotten out of jail because they were wrongly > >convicted. The checks and balances do fail. > > > >We have a prison system full of people who committed consensual crimes > >(prostitution, minor drugs, etc.) while killers go free and white collar > >criminals are not even indicted. Our prisons are overflowing because you > >don't have the right to smoke a joint, but you do have the right to drink > >liqour (Michael ;)). And they are so different? Not in my experience (not > >that I inhaled I tell ya!). We all know the lobby that keeps drug from > >competing with cigarettes and booze, I won't go there. Statistically it > way > >overloaded with people of color. > > > >Look, why is it that a guy buys a $50 hooker, is swarmed buy 10 vice cops > >(how much money is wasted on that), he goes to jail, etc. Just watch > >Discovery or TLC channel cop shows. What does all that cost this country? > >Crazy. That, in my opinion, is a broken system. Yet, Kenneth Lay will > >probably never see a day of jail time. His and the other officers of > Enron > >directly affected, either through their ineptitude, or more likely greed, > >the lives of thousands of people. > > > >As the saying goes, it may not be perfect, but it is the best going. I > hope > >that is true. What that means to me is we should try harder to make it > >perfect (or much closer than it is now). > > > >-Gary > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
