That’s the worst part of it. Even without private prisons, the legal system is all about profit anyway. Look how much money all the judges, lawyers, and politicians are making. I don’t know about the US but here in Ontario every year they publish a list of public servants waking over $100k per year and a large percentage of them are cops. In most cases it’s due to working a ton of overtime, what they actually do during that overtime is another question. Obviously we need someone to keep order, but it’s a bit ridiculous to be paying that much. Crime doesn’t pay nearly as much as law enforcement. Just think of how much money we could save if criminals went on strike.
As for the fairness of the legal system, take a look at this recent case in Ottawa:
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It was Jan. 16, 2018, and Ottawa police Const. Marcel Allen, coming up on 25 years on the job, was acting on suspicion and impulse when he burst into a family’s east-end home to confront a teen he thought was dealing weed.
Allen flashed his badge and quickly identified himself as a police officer.
Only Allen wasn’t there on police business but rather to confront a teen he thought was dealing marijuana to his own son. Allen had no search warrant and was armed with a large kitchen knife. He wasn’t brandishing it but rather holding its handle, the blade concealed in a bag.
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In a joint position by his defence lawyer Bruce Engel and assistant Crown attorney Janet O’Brien, Allen was sentenced to a conditional discharge in exchange for a guilty plea to unlawful entry. This means the police officer will be spared a criminal record if he doesn’t break the law in the next 12 months.
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Allen remains on the force and is no longer suspended with pay."
Yes, the guy is black but I don’t think that makes any difference in this case. If anyone else did that they would be serving a penitentiary sentence, previous convictions or not. A few years ago they passed some laws so that for home invasions it’s a minimum of something like 3 or 5 years, this guy won’t spend a single night in jail because he’s a cop.
EDIT: Don’t ask me what that smiley face is about, I didn’t put it there.