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How exactly mandatory minimum sentences prove that legal system is corrupt?

• TylerE 14y ago
  Gross inconsistencies. Have a little crack on you? 5+ year minimum, quite possibly more, especially if it isn't your first time. Whereas the rich will pay some high-priced lawyer with connections, and get a plea deal, probably for probation, for just about anything short of murder.
  • woobar 14y ago
    I think at best your argument proves that there is a problem with legislation. I.e. with the laws that treat white collar criminals not as hard as crack users. I don't know about unknown rich with connections. But a lot of celebrities got pretty harsh treatment. Michael Vick served more time than his co-defendants.
  • smsm42 14y ago
    That proves the system is broken (and it is, the whole War on Drugs is America's worst mistake since Prohibition) but not that it is corrupt. To prove corruption, you need to prove that the outcome depends on something else than the (admittedly broken) law. Pointing out that the law gives unjustifiably harsh sentences does not advance this argument.