Spend enormous amounts on their prosecution. If, indeed, these guys are such a threat to public safety and order that we need to put them away, then the cost i

Spend enormous amounts on their prosecution. If, indeed, these guys are such a threat to public safety and order that we need to put them away, then the cost is justified. If the cost is not justified, then the defendant is not such a threat -- in which case taking their money away is unjustified. The real problem here is that the prosecution strategy is, "prevent the defendant from exercising their rights." That is why prosecutors typically pile up the charges, to scare people into signing a plea bargain instead of exercising their right to a jury trial. Basically, these are people who think the Ox-Bow Incident was a criminal justice field guide.