11-05-2019, 09:30 PM
(11-05-2019, 05:44 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Ok, that makes sense. Well, the acronym, not necessarily the system. There really should be an assessment on these sorts of things like a point system. "Domestic violence accusation: 5 points towards remand; Has a passport: 2 points towards remand; First offender: -5 points towards remand" or something like that. I'm sure studies could be done on correlating factors for people that are more or less likely to commit crimes or skip town when released.
(11-05-2019, 08:20 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Doesn't sound bad, so long as catching someone committing the violent crime happening always automatically means remanding.
I'm fine with any kind of point system like that so long as we don't have to pretend that while people like Dylan Roof hadn't been convicted and found guilty yet by a jury when he was first arrested, that he was nowhere near innocent.
Never understood why there wasn't a normal death penalty, and then a fast-tracked death penalty for people who obviously did that shit with hundreds of witnesses and/or on camera. It took Roof 7 months just to get his initial sentencing. SEVEN MONTHS. He was sentenced to Federal execution nearly 2 years and 10 months ago and it'll be years or decades until it's finally done.
(Sorry, a bit of a tangent there, but figured the Prison Reform thread would be a good place for it at least.)
What you describe already exists, but it takes place prior to seeing a judge. At least it does here in CA. Trust me when I say the system leans towards letting people out. There are several areas of criminal justice reform that have taken place of late that I think are excellent ideas. Decriminalizing prostitution and treating the women, and men, as victims instead of criminals is a great change. I think the softening of our laws on marijuana, and to a lesser extent other drug possession, is a great idea, look at Oklahoma for a recent example.
What I really despise is the trend towards leniency for offenses like burglary, gun possession, vandalism, etc. California has numerous ways the state government flat out lies to the citizens about their programs. AB109 claims to only release non-violent offenders early. However, they only count the offense the person is currently incarcerated for. A guy could have five ADW convictions (or dismissals with Harvey waivers) and be in prison for burglary and be released as a non-violent offender. The move from cash bail makes sense in many ways, it clearly favors the wealthy, but replacing it with a system that frees most criminals to continue offending or subsequently terrorize the victim does not, at all.
