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Originally Posted by pepper24
That's an issue with the legal/justice system (courts etc.) not the police. In most cases, the police do a great job at arresting the proper suspects. It's when it's out of their hands and past to the courts it often falls apart.
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If you are referring to conviction rates, I am fairly sure once arrested most people plead guilty fairly quickly in a plea. I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head though.
If you are referring to the severity of punishment, the reality is that it falls apart much before the courts even see the case. The reason we really couldn't lock people up longer for crimes is heavily influenced by the extreme costs involved with that detention. I made a post here a year ago that gave some rough numbers on how it would drastically increase our taxes, but I cant find it now.
Combine that with the historical stats that show heavier punishments/more punishments involving jail time, don't serve to deter crime, and actually will turn more people into hardened criminals and actually increase it a bit.