Post by tjr42px on Mar 10, 2015 12:17:12 GMT -5
You all following this?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2987251/Charges-against-Kevin-McGill-came-work-early-annoyed-residents-wealthy-suburb-dropped.html
Just insane on a million different levels. I take issue with a laundry list of things, but I'm just going start by highlighting the legal ones. I'd be happy to discuss the socioeconomic privilege in this, potential racial issues, even just the shear stupidity of calling 911 for a town ordinance violation that is in no way shape or form an emergency.
There are a million thing wrong with our justice and correctional systems and now add that we are ok with privatizing the court system even if it's probate court? I was taking a cursory look and apparently we are cool with it. It was ruled to be constitutional in 2014, because people are still afforded due process. But I'm pretty sure it won't be long before I see a company who not only has the court contract, but the prison facility contract as well. I get the state of GA (and others, but GA has the highest privatized court rates) needed to cut costs, but is farming out a $100 million dollar a year "industry" saving money. It shouldn't even be an industry IMO. The justice system is (or was) a public service. Reading the outcome data, privatized courts function very similar to the the model and practices of revenue building discovered in Ferguson. Revenue goes up as more people enter courts and increase even more so with appeals to lessen harsh sentences. I won't be surprised if I see a report linking this police department with the court in some "let's work together" sort of way. I'm sure I don't have the entire story, but really?
And clearly this court has some issues in application of law. 30 days for an ordinance violation as a plea deal seems cruel and unusual punishment for such an offense. Even the 3-4 days he served is too much. But I guess when your revenue is tied to sentencing and fees associated with appeals and other court fees, it makes complete profitable sense.
This shit is just crazy.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2987251/Charges-against-Kevin-McGill-came-work-early-annoyed-residents-wealthy-suburb-dropped.html
Just insane on a million different levels. I take issue with a laundry list of things, but I'm just going start by highlighting the legal ones. I'd be happy to discuss the socioeconomic privilege in this, potential racial issues, even just the shear stupidity of calling 911 for a town ordinance violation that is in no way shape or form an emergency.
There are a million thing wrong with our justice and correctional systems and now add that we are ok with privatizing the court system even if it's probate court? I was taking a cursory look and apparently we are cool with it. It was ruled to be constitutional in 2014, because people are still afforded due process. But I'm pretty sure it won't be long before I see a company who not only has the court contract, but the prison facility contract as well. I get the state of GA (and others, but GA has the highest privatized court rates) needed to cut costs, but is farming out a $100 million dollar a year "industry" saving money. It shouldn't even be an industry IMO. The justice system is (or was) a public service. Reading the outcome data, privatized courts function very similar to the the model and practices of revenue building discovered in Ferguson. Revenue goes up as more people enter courts and increase even more so with appeals to lessen harsh sentences. I won't be surprised if I see a report linking this police department with the court in some "let's work together" sort of way. I'm sure I don't have the entire story, but really?
And clearly this court has some issues in application of law. 30 days for an ordinance violation as a plea deal seems cruel and unusual punishment for such an offense. Even the 3-4 days he served is too much. But I guess when your revenue is tied to sentencing and fees associated with appeals and other court fees, it makes complete profitable sense.
This shit is just crazy.