Greg is right....cops, prosecutors and judges are not the solution to the problem. However, they have to work together in order for the system to work. I am afraid that many of our judges are not holding up their end of the bargain. I hate determinate sentencing as I think there needs to be allowances for the exceptions to the rule. However, when you have judges who consistantly ignore the sentencing guidelines and go out of their way to NOT give criminals, and I don't mean first time offenders, the punishment that the has been deemed appropriate for their crime, then I think the judges need to be held accountable. Unfortuneately, the system has been rigged so that the accountability, i.e. elections as set up in our state's constitution, has been nullified. I find it amazing that the public goes bananas if a driver gets a light sentence for DWI, but says nothing when a felon, convicted of possessing a gun, walks out of the courtroom and is told turn himself in when it's time to go to jail. How stupid does the judge think this guy is. I cannot help but think that the judge just doesn't care. She knows he won't be around her home or family.
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