Incarceration Infographic

[Ineffable]

Pretty interesting, sorry for the size.
http://www.onlineeducation.net/incarceration_usa/incarceration_FULL.jpg

[Rangerscott]

So where's the correct equation?

[Homeslice]

Not surprising, when you consider the kinds of laws you get when rich old folks in the suburbs do most of the voting, complaining, and letter-writing.....

"Don't street race!!"
"Don't smoke pot!!"
"Don't defend yourself in a fight!"
"Don't walk around with an open container!!"
"Don't take your clothing off!!"
"Everyone should be like us, live a quaint suburban lifestyle where everyone is quiet, conformist, and home before 10!!"

[Adeptus_Minor]

So... we bring back the stocks for minor offenses and eliminate a lot of needless imprisonment.
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[BobTheBiker]

So... we bring back the stocks for minor offenses and eliminate a lot of needless imprisonment.
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Motion seconded!

[Fleck750]

Get rid of life sentences and enforce the death penalty and you'd save 2.5 million dollars.

[Amber Lamps]

So... we bring back the stocks for minor offenses and eliminate a lot of needless imprisonment.
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Caning FTW!

[CasterTroy]

Get rid of life sentences and enforce the death penalty IMMEDIATLY and you'd save 2.5 million dollars.


FTFY

Step out of sentencing into the chair in the adjacent room


(yeah I know...appeal process, innocent man.....whatever)

[wildchild]

one appeal and 6 months to make it happen, after that, SMOKE HIM.

[Amber Lamps]

one appeal and 6 months to make it happen, after that, SMOKE HIM.

Just to start an argument... that's easy to say when it's not your loved one up for a murder they didn't commit... What happens when they find out that he was innocent? Suggestion, the entire prosecution team gets executed if the guy turns out to be innocent later. That sounds fair.

[Trip]

I wonder what Louisiana would be like without New Orleans. :lol:

[Homeslice]

I wonder what Louisiana would be like without New Orleans. :lol:

Probably not much better......Look at TX and OK :idk:

[Ineffable]

Probably not much better......Look at TX and OK :idk:

Fuck that lol. NEVER compare TX with OK and LA. I lived in Houston when Katrina came through and shit got a lot worse with all the people flocking over. Crime rate almost tripled. And OK can go to hell.

As far as the whole 'what if it was your loved one' thing. Yes, accidents do happen and innocent people end up on death row, but you have to remember that this is a VERY small percentage. Most families of inmates on DR claim that they could have NEVER done this and they are innocent. Doesn't matter if the person made a tape of himself killing someone the families will still cry foul. As for the actually innocent ones they should take comfort in knowing that once they are executed and it is discovered they were innocent there families will be well taken care of :)

P.S. Don't include Dallas in that very low percentage of innocent people in jail thing since we all know the labs there can barely spell DNA let alone process it right.