You’re so right- a few years in chokey means that induviduals cannot commit more crimes during their time inside.
One of my mates is a copper and most of them are as frustrated as the public when, after arresting them and sending the file to the CPS (like your DA),some stupid old liberal lefty judge lets them go because their parents split up when they were 4 yrs old.
Thanks to this namby pamby approach I felt safer on the Streets of New York at night than Nottingham or Sheffield,when I was over there a couple of years ago.
Tell your local Congressman that you would like to see that Sherriff’s regime in you neighbourhood because you don’t want it to end up like a British city.
Thirty years I ago I had the pleasure of being stationed in the UK for 3 1/2 years. I enjoyed every minute but there were two things I noticed about the UK from the start. First, was how civil everyone was; very well mannered and polite. The other was how safe I felt in the country. If what you say is true a lot has changed in the past 3 decades.