US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering subjects a 'clean slate'

Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by blackeyeblitzar on Saturday January 04, 2025 @12:57PM (#42596417)

In the Seattle area there’s a huge trend of reoffending criminals performing larger crimes as time goes, because they face no real consequences. This is happening because activist judges, who typically run unopposed and don’t face consequences themselves, are releasing dangerous criminals back into the public. As a recent example, an activist judge released a teen who committed felony robbery back into the public, against prosecutors’ pleas, and he ended up stabbing and disemboweling another teen.

https://komonews.com/news/local/everett-lions-park-stabbing-...

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by mmooss on Saturday January 04, 2025 @02:38PM (#42597094)

> there’s a huge trend of reoffending criminals performing larger crimes as time goes

Is there evidence of it? In my experience, people take a few incidents as ammunition for their reactionary attacks on 'activists'. But that doesn't mean it is or isn't happening.

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Re:US newspapers are deleting old crime stories, offering su... by qingcharles on Sunday January 05, 2025 @06:15PM (#42605892)

Statistically, across the USA, a large majority of the judges are ex-prosecutors and definitely not "activists." I've personally known dozens of criminal court judges and I can't think of a single one that routinely sentences on the low side or would be considered an "activist." Even the defense lawyers I know that become judges usually sentence punitively, as if to show they aren't biased.

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