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The prosecutors don't sentence defendants, judges do. Additionally, judges would know what was going on and presumably take it under consideration.
by djoldman 6y ago
The prosecutors don't sentence defendants, judges do.
Additionally, judges would know what was going on and presumably take it under consideration.
- munk-a 6y agoDepending on the jurisdiction, though, the judge may be an elected official that doesn't want to look "soft on crime" for re-election or even may be receiving a big chunk of campaign donations from private prison organizations. It's an interesting open question whether judges should be elected or not (though I lean toward no due to the lack of visibility of their actions)... but what isn't up for debate is how corrupt the US election system is - as long as campaign finance is broken we can't expect the judiciary to fix things for us.