tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7485443908238220461..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Blaming over-aggressive prosecutors for mass incarcerationGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-42831559254520901732015-12-30T19:41:36.549-06:002015-12-30T19:41:36.549-06:00You are right in stating that most drug offenders ...You are right in stating that most drug offenders are more in need of social work than criminal sentences. Most will not find <a href="http://medmarktreatmentcenters.com/medmark-treatment-centers-san-antonio/" rel="nofollow">drug addiction recovery</a> without individualized treatment. When their sentence is completed, most will slip back into the old destructive patterns that landed them there in the first place.R Johnsonhttp://medmarktreatmentcenters.com/medmark-treatment-centers-san-antonio/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8725106319866242202015-10-02T17:04:24.317-05:002015-10-02T17:04:24.317-05:00If the prosecutor makes an unreasonable offer, it ...If the prosecutor makes an unreasonable offer, it will be rejected and the case will go to trial. If it was really an unreasonable offer then the defendant will beat the offer at trial. It is foolish the blame the prosecutor when the DEFENDANT that agreed to take the plea, presumably on the advice of his DEFENSE ATTORNEY.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-60301805294174185412015-10-01T10:13:07.072-05:002015-10-01T10:13:07.072-05:00If sentences are longer, then times served will be...If sentences are longer, then times served will be longer if proportions stay the same. Those are the data that need to be discussed if we're going to assert that prosecutors aren't behind the longer times served, too, since they are definitely the main drivers behind the longer sentences in both their own practice and the political pressure they mobilize for and against policymakers proposing longer or shorter sentences and alternative dispositions.mike connellynoreply@blogger.com