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WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

By Walin & Klarich

With the recent "law and order" attitude that seems to prevail in our society it is fueling our state legislators to continue to pass laws increase prison sentences for those convicted of crimes. A direct result of this hysteria is to bring our jail system to the brink of disaster. At the present time the Los Angeles County Jail is so overcrowded that if you have the misfortune of finding yourself a guest it is a real possibility you will be forced to sleep on a cold concrete floor without a mattress. Our states prison population continues to rise and currently is at a prison population that is 580 percent higher than twenty years ago. There is no end in sight. The "soft on crime" vies that are promoted on many radio and television talk shows only increases the stampede to put more people in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 03, 2008 (boomark / email).