(12-02-2019 06:18 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  I wish some of these GOP states (like TN) would pass legislation which would effectively make judges & parole board members responsible for people they release back into society.


If a judge chooses not to give a maximum sentence then the judge should be responsible for the behavior of the criminal he lets reenter society.

If a parole board grants early release to a criminal then each member who voted in the affirmative should be responsible for the behavior of the criminal they let reenter society.


Instead of putting citizens at additional risk with no impunity, these officials should bear a percentage of the punishment in the criminal engages in future crimes.

Rape & kidnapping would carry a 10% penalty. If the criminal commits one of these crimes during the time he was released but should still be in jail, then the judge/parole board members would be sentenced to 10% of the criminal's sentence. A 10-year sentence would net them 1 year.

Homicide would carry a 25% penalty. If a criminal commits murder while he's out early and his sentence is 40 years, the judge/parole board should get 10 years.

If you want to release criminals back into society, you should only be able to do so if you have some skin in the game.

Don't put all of us at risk while you can put it out of mind.

We have a judge here in ABQ who likes to release repeat felons, even ones that commit a crime while waiting for a trial for another crime. Yet he has no problem throwing first-time offenders in jail with no bond who have no criminal history. He insists his hands are tied by the law.