tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post556849803875318212..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Cochran: Tell jurors financial cost of prison sentencesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3502608267507136492015-02-11T10:23:44.170-06:002015-02-11T10:23:44.170-06:00The transitional treatment center after SAFPF and ...The transitional treatment center after SAFPF and IPTC has been a joke since day 1 way back when Ann Richards was Governor. The 1/2 way house idea sounded good but its implementation and practice has never made any sense whatsoever.<br /><br />Today, the SAFPF/IPTC Continuum of Care is diluted beyond belief. <br /><br />I think most jurors won't care what it costs to put someone in prison. If there is a trial jurors would like to know what is available as far as sentencing goes, but the cost attached won't hold as much influence as their own value system. Jurors are people; just like lawmakers are people. It is their value system that drives their decision making.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8982071773866072712015-02-10T13:50:32.225-06:002015-02-10T13:50:32.225-06:00Those after care programs serve as punishment only...Those after care programs serve as punishment only! No rehabilitation at all! This is about state contracts, state employees, judges, and those unqualified counselors getting kick backs from these contracts and the contractors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37038240568997071132015-02-10T13:34:07.664-06:002015-02-10T13:34:07.664-06:00Those half-way houses run by Gateway, Salvation Ar...Those half-way houses run by Gateway, Salvation Army and Volunteers of America are criminal!<br />Who ever is the state employee pushing these programs and writing the checks should be prosecuted for fraud against the tax-payers of Texas! That Gateway program sells nothing more than an illusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79670898724465660672015-02-10T10:32:25.054-06:002015-02-10T10:32:25.054-06:00Yes, SAFP and IPTC are as worthless as a run over ...Yes, SAFP and IPTC are as worthless as a run over pile of dog crap. They exist solely to allow parole to game "successful" release.<br />The half-way houses that follow placement in SAFP need to be shuttered. Lots of manipulating statistics just for this program to give a false impression that it works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24252220389263652382015-02-10T09:26:55.590-06:002015-02-10T09:26:55.590-06:00I bet if the county of conviction had to foot the ...I bet if the county of conviction had to foot the bill, very few would go to prison. Stop those wasteful and tax-payer fraud diversion programs such as SAFP and IPTC Programs. Those two programs are the biggest waste of tax-payer money in Texas; however, they must put a lot of kickback money in peoples pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-87902152729008269542015-02-10T08:34:52.264-06:002015-02-10T08:34:52.264-06:00How about comparing the cost of executions with li...How about comparing the cost of executions with life sentences for death penalty cases ? DEWEYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38754869094544300382015-02-09T20:33:55.817-06:002015-02-09T20:33:55.817-06:00"We had no idea..." Okay I guess that ex..."We had no idea..." Okay I guess that explains and excuses the CCA that has contorted the plain meaning of CCP 38.23 and other statutes while turning a blind eye to Brady and writing opinions that encourage spoliation of evidence in order to save convictions from the fire. No idea my ass. Callous indifference to abuses of due process for years were only addressed when denial was no longer possible. You folks at the CCA have a long way to go to correct case law which gives law enforcement and prosecutors license to cheat coming and going and get away with it under flawed harm analysis. No idea, yeah right! Brad Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16356426964964026355noreply@blogger.com