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> or prosecutors not wanting to fill up jails and prisons too much this is laughably not the case, and as of March they were looking at continuing to put more
by 93po 3y ago
> or prosecutors not wanting to fill up jails and prisons too much
this is laughably not the case, and as of March they were looking at continuing to put more people in jail to the extent of shipping them out to other jails in the region to make room:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/king-county-looks-to-contract-out-jail-services-to-deal-with-understaffing-rising-populations/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/king-county-looks-...
The only real reason prosecutors would choose to not prosecute is because they know they don't have the resources to get convictions (or because of outside political pressure)