tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post1613584412169104023..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Special treatment: 2/3 of inmates would be paroled under lenient standard for defrocked prosecutorGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6902313670593737432010-03-11T08:45:26.557-06:002010-03-11T08:45:26.557-06:008:30, I'm not employing a double standard, I&#...8:30, I'm not employing a double standard, I'm observing one!<br /><br />My views on incarceration have been pretty consistent over the years - I don't know why you consider them "increasingly lenient." I've been advocating the same positions, in essence, since the day this blog was launched.<br /><br />To answer your question: Yes, a strong probation regimen would likely have been sufficient for Mr. Sumrow from a public safety perspective, but that wasn't the sentence he received. Texas issues many long sentences <a href="http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2010/03/absurdist-35-year-pot-sentence-hometown.html" rel="nofollow">I don't think are necessary</a>. But the point of this post is that the parole board afforded maximum leniency to Sumrow and if they treated everyone that way, it would empty most of the prisons.<br /><br />Doran, I don't know who was on the 3-person panel that sprung Sumrow. And I'm sure Perry kept as far away from it all as possible - he's way too smart a pol for that.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89312444797358680702010-03-11T08:44:14.057-06:002010-03-11T08:44:14.057-06:00Apply the same standard to everybody. One size fit...Apply the same standard to everybody. One size fits all. Then TDCJ would have their budget cut in place. Maybe they could even trade off a little of it to some other dept. A new version of cap and trade?ckikerintuliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670661043872744115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2546098509385757852010-03-11T08:38:04.334-06:002010-03-11T08:38:04.334-06:00Doran,
If he spent most of his time at the Goree ...Doran,<br /><br />If he spent most of his time at the Goree Unit in Huntsville, he was likely voted by commissioners/members from the Huntsville Board Office.<br /><br />Here's the address:<br />1300 11th Street #520<br />Huntsville, Texas 77342Faceless Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81679081358769004502010-03-11T08:30:53.128-06:002010-03-11T08:30:53.128-06:00I'd be more curious to hear from Grits concern...I'd be more curious to hear from Grits concerning whether, under his increasingly lenient standards regarding incarceration, he feels that Sumrow should have ever been sentenced to prison to begin with. Is there a distinction here between non-violent first time felony drug offenders, and non-violent first time property crime offenders? I personally have no problem with punishing harshly public servants who violate the public trust. I don't have a problem harshly punishing drug offenders either. But it seems to me that Grits frequently employs a double standard when it comes to his intolerance and judgment for different types of non-violent offenders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11233945451793976692010-03-11T07:59:34.297-06:002010-03-11T07:59:34.297-06:00Hmmm. Which elected official appoints the Parole B...Hmmm. Which elected official appoints the Parole Board? Why are we surprised with this double standard?Shadowguvnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-91554634750798017042010-03-11T07:58:56.815-06:002010-03-11T07:58:56.815-06:00Oh yeah. Did Gov. Perry make a recommendation for...Oh yeah. Did Gov. Perry make a recommendation for or against parole for Mr. Sumrow?dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29941119535213544372010-03-11T07:55:28.871-06:002010-03-11T07:55:28.871-06:00Yeah, Boyness will have the correct view on this, ...Yeah, Boyness will have the correct view on this, I'll betcha.<br /><br />Grits, can you post the names and the official (not personal) mailing addresses of the Parole Board who indulged in this shameful example of cronyism? And whether or not there were any dissenting votes?dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87102763030203347992010-03-11T07:47:11.091-06:002010-03-11T07:47:11.091-06:00I'm trying to be nice, my wife doesn't lik...I'm trying to be nice, my wife doesn't like me getting all worked up so... whatever boyness is gonna say I agree.Red Leathermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506840758526404304noreply@blogger.com