pipishere Gocked and Evil
Dec 21, 3:47 pm
Less than ten percent. Punitive punishment is a cruel and ineffective concept, prison should be exclusively for people who are an imminent threat to the wellbeing of others, and the goal should be to rehabilitate efficiently and get people back to being healthy cogs of our society. Also, nobody should be in prison without a trial, and almost nobody actually gets a trial in America. Meanwhile the people doing the most harm, exploiting lifetimes worth of labour to enrich themselves while their employees struggle to pay bills, are never punished, because there is no link between "legality" and "morality". Our justice system is a joke.
TomM
Dec 21, 1:39 pm
As far as I know there are still many for drug offenses with life sentences from the three strikes laws. To me using drugs should not in itself count as a strike and they should rather be in treatment than prison.
Regarding the vote I just put 70%. I have no idea what I would vote with more info, it’s a bit random number.
lcamino Florida and Georgia
Dec 21, 10:32 am
70% Months can be spent waiting for trial, with no sentence. A lot of politics can be involved with the prosecution, involving charges and plea deals. Not that many go to trial, or can pay for a better attorney. I doubt some convictions, where there is reasonable doubt. Not many people can pay to fight a sentence. A more sympathetic person may get a lighter sentence than one the judge, prosecutor, or jury doesn’t like.
mark4
Dec 21, 8:28 am
I’ve spent many hours in prisons (HEY! Don’t get ahead of me here!) repairing equipment and talking to prisoners, everything from maximum security on down. Everyone I met was innocent.😲 Some few would tell me so with a smile.😇 Are some there unjustly? Well,people are people after all. My guess is that the most popular response is correct.
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