It is statistics like this that makes it abundantly clear that the criminal justice originally envisioned by the Founding Fathers has become a farce, a parody of what it used to be. A horribly unfunny parody at that.
There are 2.2 million Americans currently behind bars, for whatever reason, today. While such a statistic might be read as indicating 2.2 million criminals are imprisoned, consider this: out of these 2.2 million, around 2 million have never received a trial, fair or unfair, for their alleged crimes.
That means that only 3% of the people in American prisons have actually been found guilty before their peers of breaking the law. The rest, only God and the government know because they’ve never been brought before independent juries and judges.
It is entirely possibly that some, or even a lot of the people currently being held without trial have committed crimes, but this is exactly why the Constitution guarantees the right to a fair and speedy trial. That way, the guilty are punished and the innocent are protected, instead of having the innocent lumped in with the guilty and treated as such.
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It’s not that due process is dead, it’s just that the state uses intimidation to force suspects to take plea bargains.
How about not committing crimes
How about repealing some of the laws on the books, so there would be less laws to break.
Big gov nnn is asking for a revolt, just hope I get too watch corrupt elected officials and there familys be executed
Haha lower standards is always the key with liberals.
No they didn’t have a trial they pled out
Not always true Patrick. Many of these transactions come off with zero intimidation. It is more often an inept PD pushing the plea, which by and large is taken for lack of funds to hire better counsel.
They say take 3 years or get 16 if you go to trial
that’s why u invoke your right to remain silent.