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/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
