You jest? What system in the world can be better than one that:Originally Posted by Fuchs
1. Privatizes part of its prison system not only to gain efficiency, but to produce financial incentives to put more people in prison? And it is so successful they lobby Congress to produce tougher laws to keep prisoners in jail longer? Only the Chinese have more people in prison than we do, so maybe their system is better, but we're darn close to being the best!
2. What system can be better than one where the outcome of case can be manipulated the media even before the trial begins? Put enough media pressure on the system and we can bend the legal process to appease the crowds whether they're yelling for blood or to free someone.
3. What system can be better than one that recognizes a white collar worker on Wall Street getting caught with Cocaine is relatively minor, but a young, poor black kid caught with a little crack a few blocks away will have to hard time?
4. I can't think of a more rational system than one where the federal government removes the ability for the judge to determine appropriate sentences based on the total context of the crime and person. We're so superior we removed judgment from the legal process by mandating stiff minimal sentences for minor illegal drug charges and the favorite "three times and your out."
Its perfect in every way, and once marked as a criminal they're always felons, which makes it harder to get a job, easier to get back in prison, and that in turn creates more profits for our privatized prison system, which creates a larger tax base (if they pay taxes), produces more jobs, and more lobbyist groups to further influence the legal system.
It's the bestest system ever.
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