Posted on 06/16/2018 5:22:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Here's a thought experiment: what happens if you release criminals, a lot of them, from jail?
If you asked a liberal in California, he would tell you these criminals were unjustly jailed in the first place (think racism on the part of liberal inner-city judges, juries, and prosecutors) and that these unjustly imprisoned would return to become productive parts of society.
Imagine their surprise to learn, then, that after reducing or eliminating sentences for certain property crimes, the rate of property crimes has only increased!
California voters' decision to reduce penalties for drug and property crimes in 2014 contributed to a jump in car burglaries, shoplifting and other theft, researchers reported.
Larcenies increased about 9% by 2016, or about 135 more thefts per 100,000 residents than if tougher penalties had remained, according to results of a study by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California released Tuesday.
Thefts from motor vehicles accounted for about three-quarters of the increase. San Francisco alone recorded more than 30,000 auto burglaries last year, which authorities largely blamed on gangs.
Proposition 47 lowered criminal sentences for drug possession, theft, shoplifting, identity theft, receiving stolen property, writing bad checks and check forgery from felonies that can carry prison terms to misdemeanors that often bring minimal jail sentences.
Do you think liberals have learned anything from this? Think again:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Or, the other need states need to follow CA’s example and let their criminals go free, on condition of using a one-way bus ticket to California.
Just like not going to Mexico is also not going to CA. What’s there really? When I have to fly in to SanFran/LA/Ontario I stay at my company’s accommodations and just stay there for the flight out next day.
This was found out fifty five years ago when Eastern cities started releasing criminals without bond, on their own recognizance. They could not figure why the crime rate suddenly shot up.
The other side of the coin is the new gun laws disarming the law abiding citizens. Better bury your extra guns wrapped in oil cloth sealed in a water tight container.
In taking w a retired LEO, it's fairly common knowledge that major crime is UNDER REPORTED in lots of larger Cali cities (and other major U.S. cities as well). They are experts at this, and they are not shy about putting serious lipstick on what should be damning crime statistics.
As of today, no one has yet invented a pill that cures stupid!
Residents of California: How do you like being guinea pigs for the LEFTIST social experiments?
Hey, lets let all the criminals out and see what happens. Gee, this is fun.
When the “3Cs” are running the state, what else would you expect to happen?
Oh, the “3Cs” - Commies, Crazies, Crooks!
We could have built more jails, but no one wanted to. The liberals didn't want to put more liberals behind jail, and the conservatives didn't want their taxes raised.
Seems like there's more than enough blame to go around.
I just love a happy beginning don’t you?
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