Re:Detroit’s Indigent Defense System Fails Poor Defendants
by IfOnlyYouKnew on Thursday August 01, 2019 @03:54PM
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Quote: "some crime(s) punishable by jail time"
The charge is that the definition of serious crime has expanded to make everyone liable to go to jail. Traffic infractions do not fit the charge, because while a large majority of people will at some point break those laws, very few people consider the rules of the road an oppressive plot to enslave the population.
The charge is that the definition of serious crime has expanded to make everyone liable to go to jail. Traffic infractions do not fit the charge, because while a large majority of people will at some point break those laws, very few people consider the rules of the road an oppressive plot to enslave the population.