re: The Auburn 4- Why did Goodwin get 15 years?

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im going to upvote this. Record this moment.
Nice lengthy read on a local example of how the justice system is fricked up. Private prisons are one of the big reasons
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I only read the first story but I'm not sure how this is an example of a broken system? How do you punish someone that breaks the law and refuses the first form of punishment? Now I get that the $31 a day is ridiculous and shouldn't be there but how do you punish someone who refuses to be punished on their own accord? So because someone is riding disability they should have free reign to do whatever they want because they can't afford the ticket anyway? All of this type stuff is slippery slope and if you let one get away with it, there will be thousands trying the same excuses. You HAVE to draw a line in the sand.

I am in construction and do you have any idea how many times someone will try to park in a work zone with the excuse of "I'll just be a minute"? A. It is never a minute, it is usually 5 to 10 minutes. B. If I let everyone with that bullshite excuse do it, I get nothing done because everyone will do it.

Do you see what I am getting at? Making exceptions gives people ammo to try to force you to make the same exception for them, you just have to draw the line and stop everything there.