Watching COPS. They catch a guy who multiple people saw shooting a handgun in an alley. Of course he has a rap sheet a mile long.
What did they arrest him for?
Negligent Discharge within city limits. A misdemeanor.
Why nothing more?
Because in all his previous arrests for various offenses, the DA let him plead down for the easy conviction.
So another lifelong petty criminal, obviously on his way towards more serious offenses, will be let loose out on the streets because the "Criminal Justice System" isn't really interested in reducing crime.
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Like any bureaucracy created to "solve" a problem, the criminal justice system has no interest in reducing crime. If they reduced crime their budgets would decrease as well.
Can't have that.
A DA with a high conviction rate looks good on paper and that increases his chances for re-election so they can continue to look good on paper.
Same thing occurred with one of the residents at the juvenile detention facility I managed.
Kid was shooting at a guy in a house in a somewhat remote area, but was such a terrible shot that he didn't even hit the house, let alone the target. Police couldn't recover a bullet, and thus were unable to prove intent to harm.
So, he walked from a felony attempted murder/agg. assault to a misdemeanor discharge in city limits, and got tried as a juvie rather than an adult.
The system does suck sometimes, but there's usually a reason.
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