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A comment on Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American Lawyers. Parent comment

Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @11:57AM (#9577174)
An old story - the gangsters of Chicago were eventually caught on tax evasion. There's some real value to this practice - after all, what ethical problem is there in arresting someone for one crime vs another, if they are guilty of both?
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Re:Policing, Mass Imprisonment, and the Failure of American ... by 6d0debc071 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @01:36PM (#9577852)
You end up transferring the penalties for more serious crimes onto lesser ones. If you're using jaywalking because you can't do someone for murder, soon enough if you're jaywalking you may as well kill whoever pisses you off while you're about it.
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