As I read the presentation, civil servants would judge actions to be in violation of civil codes and the accused could either proceed through the convention judicial system or could opt to pay a bail amount without admission of guilt. The concept reminded me a bit of our current, minor, traffic offense process expanded to cover a multitude of undefined offenses. A civil, criminal, operations tax if you will.
The concept is beyond novel. State government promoting criminal behavior as a revenue generating activity. I'm confident that loitering, public profanity, disturbing the peace and curfew violations would garner millions alone from the 14 to 29 demographic. Vehicle seizure and consequent public auction would be a rich revenue resource. Adding parental neglect to the charges, when appropriate, indexed by state income tax records, could possibly finance our K-12 public education system. The flexibility of the concept is unlimited.
Yep, pretty amazing. You'll note we haven't witnessed a defense of the "idea," as if it would remain confined to the DUI.
Who needs the Seventh and Eighth Amendments in that pesky Bill of Rights anyway?
I may have misunderstood the concept.
There's understanding, and then there's credulity.
Actually, the concept was not serious, it was tongue in cheek. Though something like that is done in Singapore, that is Singapore. They also beat spray pain vandals with canes there, and have a death penalty for illegal drug use.
California is something like $28B in the hole because they have absolutely no self control. And yet because they have the bloated and leftist 9th Circuit, the most overturned federal bench ever, many of their wild hairs are foisted on neighboring States.
So why not propose they directly punish themselves for their misbehavior. They could cane their lesser offenders just as well as putting them into jail. They could have a random tax, where anyone with money is chosen at random to pay a huge tax bill.
They have voted not to provide themselves with the fresh water they need. They have voted to use extra expensive automobile fuel produced at only a single refinery.
They are obviously crazy, so should get what they deserve.