[traviskicks]

"The government is prodding these people to lie. There’s no other way to look at it." (Reason.com)

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[aruanan]

No matter what happens, no matter what anyone does, people will still use drugs. Which would be better, A. to have a bunch of drug addicts (as we did in the 19th century), or B. to have a bunch of drug addicts and the international drug crime syndicate created by federal legislation that made drug dealing financially lucrative and the drug warrior syndicate created by federal legislation because previous federal legislation made both drug dealing and drug fighting financially lucrative? We have the choice of evil (lives ruined by drugs) or evil multiply compounded by "we only want to help" you government.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I read this on Reason yesterday. Longest article I think Balko has ever written.

Maybe he is auditioning for a job at Time or Newsweek.

I don’t know if these guys are innocent or guilty, but what prosecutors will do to gain convictions and gladly allow people in prison to reduce their sentence encourages them to make stuff up. The Prosecutor wins and people get railroaded.

I guess that is why we have juries and high paid lawyers to stop it.