Quote from: Liberace! on October 27, 2019, 07:20:13 PM
I do, since you asked.
It looks pretty clear to me that Morton deserves to be in prison. However, despite his apparently deserved incarceration, the abuse of prison inmates is something every civilized society should care about, regardless of any unfounded confidence we have as individuals that we'll "never end up there." I have no idea if Morton is actually being abused, but yes, I do care if he is.
When the federal government targets an individual, it scores a conviction apx. 95% of the time, often on charges having nothing to do with the original investigative impetus. A shameful 95% of those convictions aren't even the result of a trial. Instead, targets usually accept plea bargains for fear of financial ruin and likely conviction with, inexplicably, a larger sentence.
Three felonies a day? You? Me? Everyone?
There, but for the grace of God, go I.
Right. We can get arrested at anytime for anything. We have to clear all the books of outdated and overreaching laws. Also, privatized prisons are pro anything that criminalize us, meaning they vote for more laws against us because we are their customers.
