Man Sentenced To Life In Prison for Selling Less Than A Gram Of Marijuana Will Finally Be Freed

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[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Public defenders should be held liable for negligence when they do shit that is so egregious. It has become a joke that they don't bother to do their job. Something should be done about it.

But to say that he got this sentence for selling pot when in reality he got this sentence for being a career criminal who was violating probation and showed zero interest in stopping being a life long criminal is plainly bullshit.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why just public defenders? Why not hold prosecutors personally liable, with equal punishment to the one they allege, when they charge people for "crimes" they damn well know they shouldn't be? Start putting heads on pikes and maybe they'll learn their lessons. Whether figuratively or literally I don't care. The first and foremost people responsible for the utter horseshit our "justice" system is are the prosecutors.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Good point. There should definitely be laws against malicious prosecution.

[–]teelo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Lets start with laws against malicious arrests.