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You can see it on an advert for Orange Juice.
It's lightened and glorified by television.
We now have the highest per capita percentage of people in jail/prison of any other civilized country in the world.
Ain't life grand!
Last night on my local news they had a "let's get the criminals" night when they published photos of people with warrants outstanding and a full 92% of them were for child support, failure to pay and failure to appear.
The show advertised "we are keeping your communities safe."
Yes, failure to pay is not good, but the very idea that imprisoning the people unable to pay to make them pay is insane. Believe me, if these people could pay rather than go to jail, they would. One of the "Criminals" was a 23 year old girl who was picked up at a Jack's Hamburgers for owing $23,000.00 in back child support. She will never be able to pay what the court ha prescribed. She will forever be poor and a dependent upon others.
Madd, and other such community watchdogs have forced our judicial system into insanity due to the fact that our lawmakers will forever bend to those with the most public exposure. Sorry, but the person who drives two blocks after two beers does not deserve the same punishment as the person who kills an innocent family with his car. Alcoholism is a disease. No something people hope for to fuck up other people's lives.
Drugs? really? How many of you can tell a story other than the story of them ruining the life of a relative or friend?
America's criminal system has become a recipient of knee jerk reactions rather than a tool for the betterment of America. "Nuff said."
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