Good point. I wasnt disappointed she got a public defender, right to a fair trial and all. It's just the cost. I don't think it's fair for the taxpayers to have to foot the bill, serve on a jury, or generally waste their time coming to a decision. The bitch was clearly guilty all along. It's just more of a travesty of justice, or a perversion of the system I suppose. Posted: May 8th, 2013 @ 8:34PM
Agreed. The only thing worthwhile about this is the fact she can't afford to pay an attorney. Her civil appointed defenders have cost the taxpayers of that county $1.4mil DEFENDING her. Add the prosecution costs, and the people of that county got royally fucked. Posted: May 8th, 2013 @ 4:55PM
It's a paradox. In a perfect world, we wouldn't need police. In the world we live in, the police are increasingly flawed in their efforts and actions.
I try not to generalize in my life, but cops/police are one area I do generalize: there's A LOT more BAD cops than good ones. It's too easy to be a bad cop, an there's no reward in being a good one. Posted: April 19th, 2013 @ 10:05PM
Hey BlueFalcon, would I be wrong in assuming that those skills paid off later in life?
I know in my experience, doing all the stuff you mentioned, it made me more comfortable with the PC, and now I'm a sysadmin. I owe most of that to the tinkering I did for my games in DOS. Posted: April 4th, 2013 @ 2:00PM
I think it`s weird that so many people are okay with the state having the legal power to execute people, and at the same time many of those same people complain about big government, etc. etc.
I didn't really consider the appeals part. I guess w/o appeal it might be cheaper, but if someone gets handed a death penalty, they most certainly will be appealing that ruling.
It's hard to argue that he doesnt deserve to die. If only it could happen w/ no media or fanfare. Posted: April 1st, 2013 @ 12:59PM
Here in Texas they wil dismiss the registration ticket if you get it taken care of before the court dsate.
I would assume it's the same. If you get the registration before you're set to go to court, they might dismiss it and give you a small fee. Again, in Texas, it's like $15. Posted: March 31st, 2013 @ 4:45PM
It makes the car look like shit. Especially a nice car. In Texas, we have to, and I know a lot of peoople who just pay the fine. I'm not as brave. Posted: March 20th, 2013 @ 12:21PM
They're looking for people with warrants. At least that's the guise.
There was an article in our local paper recently about how our police force (of which I believe Enforcerman is a member - I'm pretty sure at least) just got one of these new surveilence systems. It tags the license plates and alerts when it finds a registered owner with a warrant. Then they just wait & haul them in.
Fish in a barrel.
It's too easy to mis-use, however. Posted: March 19th, 2013 @ 2:21PM
