tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post114824996401373784..comments2024-01-12T07:33:46.615-05:00Comments on Criminal Defense: Is Jail Always The Answer?My Law Licensehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post-1150684614473663912006-06-18T22:36:00.000-04:002006-06-18T22:36:00.000-04:00I never rail against locking up "criminals." Clear...I never rail against locking up "criminals." Clearly someone who commits a crime 4 times needs to be punished appropriately.<BR/><BR/>My argument has always been, why is jail the only answer? I know we have probation and house arrest, but that is the exception today, not the norm. We are all too quick to put people in jail for every criminal offense.<BR/><BR/>And to what end? Jail does nothing for the non-violent offender, except turn them into a violent person.<BR/><BR/>Problem is, most people say "I don't care, lock 'em up."<BR/><BR/>So we lock 'em up.My Law Licensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487117416844299246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post-1150679978749116582006-06-18T21:19:00.000-04:002006-06-18T21:19:00.000-04:00ok brain let me ask you this. you always rail agai...ok brain let me ask you this. you always rail against locking up criminals. what is your soloution when the police arrest someone for breaking into a house who has done it 4 times previously.<BR/><BR/>what should society do with such a person?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post-1148931341630064462006-05-29T15:35:00.000-04:002006-05-29T15:35:00.000-04:00Good post. As the economy gets worse, people will ...Good post. As the economy gets worse, people will see that locking up more people is too expensive and it doesn't solve the problems of criminality by striking at its roots. Jail is a temporary stopgap measure that creates its own problems.ACShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913724289867397173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post-1148757327393555222006-05-27T15:15:00.000-04:002006-05-27T15:15:00.000-04:00retribution or restitutionretribution or restitutionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345350.post-1148584257217035992006-05-25T15:10:00.000-04:002006-05-25T15:10:00.000-04:00brianhe made me do it. ask him.brian<BR/>he made me do it. ask him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com