Comments on: Rob and Lizard Get a Year and a Day https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/rob-and-lizard-get-a-year-and-a-day-2795/ The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Hunter https://mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/rob-and-lizard-get-a-year-and-a-day-2795/#comment-1589 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:57:11 +0000 http://www.mikesouth.com/mike-south-commentary/rob-and-lizard-get-a-year-and-a-day-2795/#comment-1589 An added note…
In the federal prosecutorial system (let’s face it, we can no longer in good conscience refer to it as the “judicial” system, as that would imply some sort of “justice”), the time served and the basic conviction is far more important to the prosecutors than fines or retribution. This is almost always the case, even when large amounts could be paid into the government or back to victims. The reason is simple. U.S. prosecutors are “graded” by how many people they can put behind bars, and for how long. The higher number of convictions also add to their political boasts when they get ready to run for office.

Just my nickle’s worth,
Hunter

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