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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And these criminals are ALSO
multiple felons…..! In and out of prisons and jails most of their lives….!
So…..! Tell the WHOLE story…!
i would assume you mean they took a plea…so…what?
And the inept public defender works for the state, and they almost always say you’ll get the harshest penalty if you take it to trial. I have had my fair share of encounters with the penal system, and coming from experience I can tell you that public defenders will always put the states interests before yours. The last time I had a public defender I had to talk to the prosecutor myself to get a better plea deal. My PD refused to, so I had to. I got a year knocked off of my probation and suspension, which I’m sure made my PD furious.
It’s not that difficult….!
Obey the law….!
I have not even had a ticket in 30 years…!
People CHOOSE to break the law…!
Don’t do the crime….!
If you can’t do the time…!
Guilty until proven innocent!
They make deals.
after arrest, the avg wait time for a court date is 40 days…unless you have bail, you are in jail!
how about a court date within 24 hours of arrest!?
Dont get arrested
i was put on probation until i could afford to pay off a $232 speeding ticket, my first ‘offense’ in 12 years. not a felon.overkill…all about money.