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"Justice Ought Not To Be Based On Tight Money." I Disagree

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Like everywhere, Florida is going through a crisis in court funding. It's everywhere. The judiciary, prosecutors, public defenders, law enforcement. It's terrible and great at the same time.When there's tons of money, people come up with too many ideas. Stupid ideas, like more minimum mandatories, more prosecutions of crimes that no one really cares about, more prisons to house more drug offenders that need help we "can't afford."When there's less money, we think of ways to "cut," and "streamline." We consider not prosecuting certain crimes, not arresting every single person who commits a "nuisance" crime, not sitting behind trees and stopping cars and conducting "consensual" searches.When money's tight we hear things like: ?We are being driven by monetary considerations in everything we do and I do not like it one bit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).