What if she WAS a menace to society? What if her crime was kidnapping or murder? I guess my point is that the law needs to be clearer when dealing with these types of situations, where a criminal becomes the victim.
I think it's obvious in THIS case that incarceration probably wasn't the correct move...but are there certain offenses where maybe it would have been? It's a valid consideration. On 1/31/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > she apparently did not complete all the terms of a restitution > agreement, but this doesn't necessarily make her a menace to society. > I think that the one-third of women who report rapes may think again > if they are going to have to worry about whether they ever missed a > court date or forgot to pay a parking ticket. Some people have untidy > lives, sure, but I don't think it's making excuses to say that there > is such a thing as a sense of proportion. > > Dana > > On 1/31/07, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's just insane. > > > > I agree, how stupid of the police to even think about locking up a > felon, > > that's just ridiculous! > > > > -- > > James Smith - IT Director > > uWish Ltd - http://www.uWish.co.uk > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
