tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8808142493540904894..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Blogversation: Does the Criminal Justice System Meet Victims' (or Anybody's) Needs?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3023565158605074792007-06-30T16:58:00.000-05:002007-06-30T16:58:00.000-05:00Fixed it. Thx MarkFixed it. Thx MarkGritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42141898784655050532007-06-29T13:47:00.000-05:002007-06-29T13:47:00.000-05:00Thanks for the mention. I just noticed that I had ...Thanks for the mention. I just noticed that I had misformatted the Darrow quote so that it appeared to go on longer than it should have. Darrows words ended with "as he can;" the rest are mine.<BR/><BR/>I have to agree with the anonymous commenter: change is what we need. I'm not sure that changing the players without retooling the whole system would result in "justice," but it'd be a good start.Mark Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04128739833441582127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30354473033859346632007-06-29T11:42:00.000-05:002007-06-29T11:42:00.000-05:00Thank you for this opportunity. Speaking as a vict...Thank you for this opportunity. Speaking as a victim of our justice systems, both Federal & State. The Criminals are treated much better than the victims. With many, many opportunities the feds failed & the state of Texas knew but did nothing. Two federal banckruptsey judges actually got into a pissing contest over jurisdiction. The sentencing federal Judge, Barefoot Sanders actually treated the felon better than he did the victims. An armed federal marshall was actually placed between the victims & the criminal. etc. etc. Please excuse my anger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60502866607402829152007-06-29T09:55:00.000-05:002007-06-29T09:55:00.000-05:00There is no justice in Texas. Until some of the co...There is no justice in Texas. Until some of the corrupt Judges and DA's are removed from office, there is no chance of anything changing. <BR/><BR/>Texas has the most corrupt system in the USA and that is not a title I like to hear. When you vote the next time, remember change is what we need and not the same old story and some Judge and DA's need to prove how superior they are to the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90988212073416219082007-06-29T08:21:00.000-05:002007-06-29T08:21:00.000-05:00Crime victims would be better served by laws that ...Crime victims would be better served by laws that reduced the number of crime victims - like drug legalization - than mandatory minimums. With mandatory minimums they pay double: as crime victims and as citizen taxpayers. <BR/><BR/>Legalization would severely reduce the amount of total crime: it costs less to maintain a 10 buck a day addiction than a 150 buck a day addiction. It would significantly reduce the number of those committing crimes since banned drugs are the lever for criminals to reach underage children who would have scant access to the more potent designer drugs created by drug laws.<BR/> Legalization would effectively reduce the amount of police dishonesty and intrusion in private lives of the indigent and improve relations with low income communities. Less corruption would necessarily mean more accurate convictions with fewer felons escaping justice because alternative suspects were convicted instead.<BR/> IF we had fewer people in jails we could seriously impose harsher sentences on chronic offenders like pedophiles and people who drive despite license revocation due to chronic DUIL. It would be a LOT safer world for people who happen to live near dangerous people.JT Barriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571868033521182864noreply@blogger.com