On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Eric Cordian wrote:
If everyone refused plea bargaining, and refused parole, the number of people who could be prosecuted and jailed would be a small fraction of those who are "in the system" today.
I think the relative cost of parole vs. completing the sentence is the pertinent question -- the parole system can be a wonderful thing, as Sandy says, but the government should never be able to reduce costs by using it. There should be paroles, but their cost should somehow be forced to the same level as serving the time behind bars. After that the only reason to let someone out would be the balance between the prospect of rehabilitation vs. risk taken. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front