Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions

Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by Bjartr on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:49AM (#18094358)

I see people say things like this, but I don't understand it. Why is the subject so obviously at fault and not the process? At 30 years old it all just sounds more like "We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!" than anything more sincere.

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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by orasis on Saturday September 29, 2018 @06:57AM (#18099738)

If a person can’t be helped by their close friends and family, why would one expect a monolithic system to do any better?

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Re:Seattle judges throw out 15 years of marijuana convictions by Bjartr on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:01AM (#18113128)

> close friends and family

First, not everyone has close friends and family. Second, dysfunctional families and bad friends are absolutely a thing and can even be the cause of problems.

Friends and family can be an important part of rehabilitation, there's no doubt in that, but I don't see a reason to abandon people just because those have failed them, if they even had them available to rely on at all.

> why would one expect a monolithic system to do any better?

Because such systems have the resources available to hire and manage trained professionals. What in particular do you think makes a monolithic system unsuitable for solving the problem of effective rehabilitation?

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