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Thoughts On Our Criminal "Justice" System

By Brian Tannebaum

I received this e-mail in response to the story below. It really is a comment on the state of our system in general:"This is all a result of a system that is designed for pleas, in which 2% of cases go to trial. Therefore, prosecutors are judged on conviction rates and on percentage of nolle pross's and other nonsense like that. They should be judged on whether they act honorably and thoughtfully on what they do and don't prosecute. It is further the result of this country's CYA mentality. No one wants to be on the O'Reilly factor. Therefore, cops make arrests they don't really agree with and pass it up the chain, hoping the State will do the right thing. The State files and pursues the case, while making a decent plea offer to the innocent Defendant, because they have to "back up the officer"...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on July 17, 2007 (boomark / email).