Subj : Re: Chinese Scientists Cr
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Tue Mar 04 2025 07:59:00

-=> Rob Mccart wrote to AARON THOMAS <=-

 RM> Yes, I've heard that. If they had any sense they would have it set up
 RM> that a low income person on a first offence should maybe get a break
 RM> but they should get hit much harder the next time they land in court
 RM> like they do with federal crimes I think (?).. Get caught a third time
 RM> and go to jail for 25 years..

Yes, given the issues that a low-income person has getting employment
after checking "Yes" on the box on a job application that asks if you
were ever arrested/incarcerated - let alone apply for a job that
requires a background check.

If there are no hundrances to employment from the first incarceration,
maybe the rate of recidivism will go down? It's worth a thought
experiment at the very least - except that law enforcement and
incarceration are well down the road of becoming for-profit enterprises.


 
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