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<blockquote data-quote="JimFromTN" data-source="post: 2617767" data-attributes="member: 113268"><p>I don't take it personal. I don't think Illinois is handling it properly. I am saying that they are trying to address a very real issue. An issue that very few want to address properly for the simple reason that it would be a major change and it would cost allot money. Illinois is taking the least expensive route to addressing the issue with an almost guarantee of failure. It is a pipe dream to think people are just going to stop commiting crimes just like its a pipe dream to think that only the guilty will get charged. Its a pipe dream to think that in every case the punishment will fit the crime. Its also a pipe dream to think that just because you walk the straight and narrow, you won't ever have a run in with the law. You can't control everything and crazy things happen in life. The person I know who was thrown into the system didn't do anything to end up there. It was proven in court and the charges were thrown out. The only thing that was unusual about his case is that he did not plead out. Had he pled guilty, we would have spent less time in jail than he did sitting in jail waiting to prove his innocence. To make matters worse, his PD played no part in proving his innocence. My brother, who is not an attorney, got the charges dropped by simply getting a copy of the police report and taking it to the judge. His PD could have done that day one and he would not have had to spend 8 months in jail. Moral of the story, if you are poor like you say you are then you need to put away a nest egg for an attorney because if you or someone in your family is ever sucked into some circumstance out of your control and are charged with a crime, you/they are guilty unless you can get your own attorney. Of all the people on here who can afford an attorney, would you put your faith in a PD and forgo getting your own? I know I wouldn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimFromTN, post: 2617767, member: 113268"] I don't take it personal. I don't think Illinois is handling it properly. I am saying that they are trying to address a very real issue. An issue that very few want to address properly for the simple reason that it would be a major change and it would cost allot money. Illinois is taking the least expensive route to addressing the issue with an almost guarantee of failure. It is a pipe dream to think people are just going to stop commiting crimes just like its a pipe dream to think that only the guilty will get charged. Its a pipe dream to think that in every case the punishment will fit the crime. Its also a pipe dream to think that just because you walk the straight and narrow, you won't ever have a run in with the law. You can't control everything and crazy things happen in life. The person I know who was thrown into the system didn't do anything to end up there. It was proven in court and the charges were thrown out. The only thing that was unusual about his case is that he did not plead out. Had he pled guilty, we would have spent less time in jail than he did sitting in jail waiting to prove his innocence. To make matters worse, his PD played no part in proving his innocence. My brother, who is not an attorney, got the charges dropped by simply getting a copy of the police report and taking it to the judge. His PD could have done that day one and he would not have had to spend 8 months in jail. Moral of the story, if you are poor like you say you are then you need to put away a nest egg for an attorney because if you or someone in your family is ever sucked into some circumstance out of your control and are charged with a crime, you/they are guilty unless you can get your own attorney. Of all the people on here who can afford an attorney, would you put your faith in a PD and forgo getting your own? I know I wouldn't. [/QUOTE]
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