The bottom line here is that all must go “through the legal system” as we have made it, and as given to us. Otherwise, we are not a nation of laws, but simply taking justice into our own hands (which is favored by certain Freepers, it does seem...). I just don’t agree with that. No matter what the crime, all must go through the system, and that’s *also* recognizing that our system *is specifically designed* to let the guilty go, in order that not many innocent get convicted. That’s a *fundamental basis* of our justice system, per the Constitution, and the way things were designed.
You’ve either got a theoretical system of justice that catches *all the guilty* and keeps them in jail, while sweeping up a good number of the innocent — or else — you get a certain number of guilty ones go free, in order that you spare as many of the innocent ones as possible. That’s the theory behind it — and I go for keeping as many innocent out of jail as possible and making it very difficult for the government to “convict” without a very good case against someone...
Do the crime- do the time. No excuses.
Do the crime- do the time. No excuses.