Subj : Re: Good Guy with a Gun
To   : IB Joe
From : Ron L.
Date : Tue Jul 11 2023 08:01:06

-=> IB Joe wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

 IJ> Mandatory minimums.... Take the discretion away from the prosecutors
 IJ> and judges....

That sounds nice, especially when the prosecutors and judges are on the take,
but overall I believe judges need the discretion.

ex: You have a felon who has served his time.  It's a crime for him to even
hold a gun.  I sees some kids playing with a (hopefully unloaded) handgun and,
to protect the kids, he takes the gun away and talks to the owner of the gun. 
Now, if there were mandatory minimums, the ex-felon wouldn't have done that
because it would have put him back in jail - for doing the right thing.

I think it would be better if we kept statistics on judges and prosecutors. 
ex: Number of people who were released who commit more crimes.  If that number
gets too high, the judge or prosecutor is removed from office, fined and not
allowed to hold public office anymore.  Now it's a job performance issue.


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