Nationwide, the Marshals helped take 109,000 violent fugitives off the street last year and cleared more than 760,000 felony warrants in federal, state and local cases in the last decade, according to federal crime statistics compiled by the U.S. Marshals Service. And since 2003, the Marshals and police in the Atlanta area alone have cut the murder rate by 22 percent and overall violent crime by more than one-third.
Ergas said that the "vast majority" of suspects his unit chases are wanted for a violent crime. "More than 85 [percent to] 95 percent of the cases," he said. "And again, about 70 [percent to] 80 percent repeat violent offenders. So you go out with that mind-set."
What an amazing concept. Who woulda thunk it?
2 comments:
Some folks are going to say that I am a NAZI, or worse, but I just don't buy into this BS of letting violent offenders become *repeat* offenders...
I'm not too much on life in prison either...
If they are VIOLENT offenders, violently eliminate them, that brings an effective end to their violent offender career...
No rehabilitation needed!!
As TF said, I'd rather spend $1 on a bullet, then $30,000-$50,000 per year keeping these waste-of-skin-and-air alive in prison.
B Woodman
SSG (Ret) U S Army
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