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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The duty to punish criminals comes with an obligation not to punish them more than they deserve. Some perps do not even qualify as criminals but rather just as victims of poverty. And blacks overall five times more likely to face jail time for the same crime (x10 more likely in Minnesota nice)
https://www.sentencingproject.org/research/us-criminal-justice-data/

Examples of crazy harsh sentences and justice reform being badly needed - anyone have other good examples? How can we aim for more fair sentencing guidelines? Is there any hope for this?

1. 82 year old woman jailed in Alabama for not paying $72 trash bill (shame on unnamed magistrate for signing that order) “Y'all put me in this cage?': 82-year-old Alabama grandmother said she was told by police officers 'not to cry' after they arrested her for not paying her trash bill
By Pocharapon Neammanee, 1 day ago
https://www.insider.com/82-year-old-woman-arrested-failure-pay-trash-bill-police-2022-12

2. Texas Sentences Man to 45 Years for Purse Snatching Hamilton Nolan 08/10/12 
Ten years ago, outside of an Austin, Texas Sears store, Willie James Sauls snatched a purse off the arm of an 84 year-old woman and fled. A state district judge sentenced Sauls to 45 years in prison for his crime. He was 37 years old at the time.

3. The Law That Sent a Man to Prison for Life for Stealing a Pair of Hedge Clippers – and What Prosecutors Can do About It
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/the-law-that-sent-a-man-to-prison-for-life-for-stealing-a-pair-of-hedge-clippers-and-what-prosecutors-can-do-about-it
Louisiana Supreme Court refused to review the life sentence of Fair Wayne Bryant, who was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to steal a pair of hedge clippers more than 20 years ago. Bryant’s sentence was the result of Louisiana’s extreme “habitual offender” law, which allows people to spend life in prison for minor offenses.

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Any time one person has the power to sentence it will be an issue. Sentencing should not be a one person job and courts/DOJ of pulling judges who disproportionally sentence lower crimes and minorities. The data is there. [/quote]

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