Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu...
by scarface74 on Saturday September 22, 2018 @10:48AM
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Let’s see.
- correctly fund the public defenders office.
- get rid of plea bargains for serious offenses. Right now, prosecutors pile on charges that could add years knowing that most people will plea. If every serious case has to go to trial, prosecutors will have to be more careful about when they bring charges.
- admit that the “war on drugs” has been a failure and stop locking people up for years for non violent crimes.
- get rid of prosecutors ability to dismiss jurors. Yes it will make it harder to convict, but it should be harder.
- stiffer penalties for prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence.
- correctly fund the public defenders office.
- get rid of plea bargains for serious offenses. Right now, prosecutors pile on charges that could add years knowing that most people will plea. If every serious case has to go to trial, prosecutors will have to be more careful about when they bring charges.
- admit that the “war on drugs” has been a failure and stop locking people up for years for non violent crimes.
- get rid of prosecutors ability to dismiss jurors. Yes it will make it harder to convict, but it should be harder.
- stiffer penalties for prosecutors withholding exculpatory evidence.
- stiffer penalties for police lieing under oath.