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Originally Posted by WarChild
That's all fine and dandy, until someone you love is a victim of violent crime. I bet you'd want who did it kept in jail pending their trial.
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Sure.. ya don't let assholes walk the streets if they are a potential danger to the public - same with idiots who are loose cannons and can cause enormous problems to many people if they are walking or people likely to abscond.
The point was really that there is obviously some problem when 62% of the jail population have never been convicted. Dunno.. but it's either a reflection on the court system or lackings elsewhere. Sure as hell that percentage of untried jail cell occupants are not violent offenders or likely to cause extensive damage.
The flip side is the numbers of actual violent convicted offenders who escape jails is a joke. The rap sheets of some these guys is a horror story spanning many years. Got a friend with a list of five to locate and arrest now - only started about 9 days ago and got four of the five back in custody already - and only one to find now and only injury so far is a minor cut. Maybe this time they can be kept in a more secure cell and save a lot of hassle.