Yep this. In Thomas's world, local government would fast track petty convictions to continue to fleece us. It would incentivize terrible things like you mention

Yep this. In Thomas's world, local government would fast track petty convictions to continue to fleece us. It would incentivize terrible things like you mention. Not to mention, perverse incentives would instantly appear like cops worried about their pensions and budget planting evidence on people for convictions. Nice car you got there, shame I found cocaine in it. Now it belongs to the state because a plea is better than $50,000 in lawyer fees to fight a corrupt police department you probably can't even beat. Even if you could, spending $50,000 to save a car worth $10,000 doesn't make sense.