In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants

Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by kelseyfrog on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @03:58PM (#43475236)

Perpetrators perform utilitarian calculus when they decide to commit a crime. That's why a large number of people believe we can increase punishments to reduce crime. If that's true then this would be a good thing - it artificially increases punishments so crime should be going down.

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by IdSayThatllDoIt on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @04:12PM (#43475396)

Hi we're looking for volunteers to be incarcerated unjustly (without habeas corpus) so that when criminals perform a calculus vis a vis deciding to be poor they will be diverted from crime by the unjustness of your incarceration. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by _DeadFred_ on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @04:18PM (#43475470)

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”

-- Benjamin Franklin

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by psd1 on Tuesday March 25, 2025 @06:19PM (#43476660)

I heard "deserve neither and will lose both", which has better meter. No idea which is more accurate.

I _generally_ agree with the sentiment, but Franklin's neighbours didn't have amplified music.

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