This is exactly what I was thinking reading the piece. How would a criterion based on the actual danger posed by the defendant- rather than the amount of money he can scrape together- make the community Less safe?
It seems like the current system tries to assign a cash value to the danger a defendant poses to the community, then allo…
This is exactly what I was thinking reading the piece. How would a criterion based on the actual danger posed by the defendant- rather than the amount of money he can scrape together- make the community Less safe?
It seems like the current system tries to assign a cash value to the danger a defendant poses to the community, then allows the defendant the opportunity to purchase the privilege of being a danger to the community. Woohoo law and order I guess?
This is exactly what I was thinking reading the piece. How would a criterion based on the actual danger posed by the defendant- rather than the amount of money he can scrape together- make the community Less safe?
It seems like the current system tries to assign a cash value to the danger a defendant poses to the community, then allows the defendant the opportunity to purchase the privilege of being a danger to the community. Woohoo law and order I guess?