Apparently, my county, Shawnee, KS has decided it will no longer be prosecuting any misdemeanors because they don't have the money.
At first, this sounds pretty awesome, they don't have money, so they'll get out of our faces and let us live.
Apparently though, they are also stopping prosecution of ACTUAL crimes (where a victim exists).
Instead of stopping the prosecution of nonviolent drug "offenders", they have decided that domestic battery is not worth the money to prosecute.
Topeka, KS only has 5 city prosecutors and apparently none of them have any recent experience in prosecuting domestic battery.
If lack of money is the excuse, why don't we at least start off with not prosecuting things that aren't even crimes?!
There is no victim in a vice crime.
I propose that we stop prosecuting prostitution and drug sale/use.
That would also save dollars in that police would no longer be wasting money doing ridiculous sting operations so they can feel cool and James Bond-y.
What do you think?
Leave an interesting comment or blogger my blog post.
At first, this sounds pretty awesome, they don't have money, so they'll get out of our faces and let us live.
Apparently though, they are also stopping prosecution of ACTUAL crimes (where a victim exists).
Instead of stopping the prosecution of nonviolent drug "offenders", they have decided that domestic battery is not worth the money to prosecute.
Topeka, KS only has 5 city prosecutors and apparently none of them have any recent experience in prosecuting domestic battery.
If lack of money is the excuse, why don't we at least start off with not prosecuting things that aren't even crimes?!
There is no victim in a vice crime.
I propose that we stop prosecuting prostitution and drug sale/use.
That would also save dollars in that police would no longer be wasting money doing ridiculous sting operations so they can feel cool and James Bond-y.
What do you think?
Leave an interesting comment or blogger my blog post.
I totally agree with you. The amount of money that they spend on domestic cases must be far lower than all the money that goes into their "war on drugs."
ReplyDeleteLogic, reason, wherefore art thou? :(