[lbo-talk] Re: losers [ was: Lyndie England

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 29 13:21:37 PDT 2005


Wojtek wrote:


>Prosecutors do not have the power to put you behind bars, juries do.

My turn to say oh pleeeze. Most cases, well upwards of 90%, never go to trial. And prosecutors have a lot of power to put you behind bars through their charging ability.


>Your beef is not that there aretoo many people in prisons, but that there
>too few.

Not even close. Personally I think in the long run prisons should be abolished.


>I am surprised that so few people are in jail.

So few? I'm not taking this seriously at all.



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