I don't see why any individual is expected to pay for this. Locking someone up has a cost, and it's done in the interest of the public, so I would think it is o

I don't see why any individual is expected to pay for this. Locking someone up has a cost, and it's done in the interest of the public, so I would think it is obvious the public should have to pay for it if they are innocent. If we want to build a town hall, we don't just take the next person that comes along and force them to build the thing that everyone then gets to benefit from--that's what taxes are for.