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1) dumb drug laws which create gangs 2) urban gang violence culture 3) effective criminal justice system
by gnarbarian 5y ago
1) dumb drug laws which create gangs
2) urban gang violence culture
3) effective criminal justice system
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIt's not even a "urban gang violence culture" issue. It's just the natural result of what happens when you can't use courts and threat of state violence to settle disputes that would be civil issues in any other industry. If the people shooting at each other over bad business involving drugs were plumbers they would be arguing with each other in a courtroom.
- gnarbarian 5y agouhhh see #1
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoIts not effective if it does not provide defendant with a proper lawyer and convicts innocent people in 'plea deals' without judicial oversight. It also fails the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio#:~:text=In%20criminal%20law%2C%20Blackstone's%20ratio,than%20that%20one%20innocent%20suffer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio#:~:text....
- dfilppi 5y agoDrug laws dont create gangs. People create gangs.
- gnarbarian 5y agoYou're right, but the laws create the opportunity. a prohibition creates a black market and cartels or gangs form in order to meet the demand of the market.