tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8366427476192931877..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: 'Anger, fear spur prison-building boom'Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17184283326751198772011-06-15T10:11:46.326-05:002011-06-15T10:11:46.326-05:009:08, I have a radical solution to the issue of po...9:08, I have a radical solution to the issue of power hungry prosecutors and I think it would curtail some of the overzealousness in sentencing...but, it will never happen. My solution is to go to a British style barrister system where attorneys aren't strictly prosecutors. On one case they may prosecute but on another they may represent the defense. You would combine the prosecutor and public defender function and this would insure that both sides have access to the same resources. The attorneys would get exposure to representing both sides and this would give them a much more balanced perspective. This would also take away some of the political power of the DAs because they would no longer be strictly prosecutors. Its a nice idea but, like I said, I know it will never happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78302378502755777402011-06-15T09:08:02.577-05:002011-06-15T09:08:02.577-05:00Until somone looks at Prison/Jails/Incarceration a...Until somone looks at Prison/Jails/Incarceration and the tremendous money making machines they have become, you can never understand why politicians continue to beat the "tough on crime" drum.<br />Second, Prosecutors paired with law enforcement refuse to accept any outcome but incarceration for all offenders. MANDATORY SENTENCING GUIDELINES MUST BE IMPLEMENTED IN TEXAS. PROSECUTORS OFFICES HAVE WAY TOO MUCH POWER IN TEXAS AND IT NEEDS CURTAILING. TCDAA NEEDS TO SUCK IT UP AND GET OVER IT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32058242244974308622011-06-15T07:06:43.895-05:002011-06-15T07:06:43.895-05:00The current practice of adding new crimes and lock...The current practice of adding new crimes and locking up more and more people without regard to their rehabilitation will end at some point. If by no other way, the system will collapse in on itself. As the article proposes, and as Grits affirms, let prison be the last resort and for the dangerous. There are better ways to do justice and do it right than what Texas has now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57994834582403057572011-06-14T21:35:49.682-05:002011-06-14T21:35:49.682-05:00If you read the article, he's saying we should...If you read the article, he's saying we should distinguish between the dangerous and the non-dangerous, not that the dangerous shouldn't be locked up. Taking statements out of context is an excellent trolling tactic, though. Carry on.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72399325814681977952011-06-14T21:21:39.973-05:002011-06-14T21:21:39.973-05:00Incarceration, then, should be the state's las...Incarceration, then, should be the state's last resort in dealing with the dangerous.<br /><br />Yes, the dangerous should be set free and trusted to not harm us. The last thing we should do is deny them access to the weak and to those who are easy to victimize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com