Has its power peaked? If so, there might be less lobbying pressure “for ‘three strikes, your out’ and other senseless sentencing policies that provide jobs for [its] members.” [Rick Hills, Prawfsblawg, The Economist, earlier]
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
by Walter Olson on March 25, 2010
Has its power peaked? If so, there might be less lobbying pressure “for ‘three strikes, your out’ and other senseless sentencing policies that provide jobs for [its] members.” [Rick Hills, Prawfsblawg, The Economist, earlier]
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“three strikes, your out” and other senseless sentencing policies that provide jobs for their members
Excuse me? 3 strikes is neither senseless nor instituted to “create jobs”. What a nasty, cynical dismissal. By the time someone is sentenced under 3 strikes they have a rap sheet inches thick.
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