Private prisons are just a huge money maker for States and the Fed. City, County, State and Federal criminal laws when it comes to non-violent crimes, misdemeanors are also just a money maker. Citizens have virtually no input into the laws and the means that current laws are enforced. Law are passed by legislatures with knowing if they can be fairly enforced, as evidenced by the number of higher court appeals that are ruled on differently and where the circumstances where totally equal. Proof that even the higher courts don't understand the laws and therefore one must wonder how us citizens can! There are laws in each State that are contradictive or virtually have the same meaning, yet one is a criminal misdemeanor and one a felony misdemeanor, and which one the offender is charged with is seemly left up to the arresting officer and finally the prosecutor. Plea bargains are the norm and due to fear, many defendants accept them, only to get screwed in the long run. Finding a good attorney to defend you at a reasonable fee for a potentially life altering felony misdemeanor is difficult as most rather to take plea bargains then to provide a good sound defense. Prosecutors only care about how many cases they win and the amount of money they earn for their city, county, state. That's not what they took an oath to do. I is now, "you are guilty till you prove your innocence, regardless if you can afford to defend yourself".
I agree, "You are guilty till you prove your innocence, regardless if you can afford to defend yourself."
