If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in jail, or be free. But it's all because of some internal bureaucratic stat about getting a felony conviction for the prosecutor. Everyone's got their own little game to play, but that prosecutorial part of it is not well known.
If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in ja… - Peter Moskos
If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in ja…
- Peter Moskos
I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in prison. It would hav… - Peter Moskos
I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in prison. It would hav…
There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tel… - Peter Moskos
There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tel…
I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question. - Peter Moskos
I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question.
I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and… - Peter Moskos
I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and…
I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians don't even pretend they're doi… - Peter Moskos
I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians don't even pretend they're doi…
Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or … - Peter Moskos
Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or …
These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, m… - Peter Moskos
These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, m…
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a pa… - Peter Moskos
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a pa…
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