The need for better crime stats, from David J. Krajicek at the Justice Report. “I don’t think we know if we’re in the midst of a heroin epidemic. I do know there are localities where the numbers are up. But to use numbers from four years ago as evidence of an urgent national problem today is pointless and silly. It…
Month: April 2014
Rich folk don’t “fare well” behind bars
A du Pont family heir plead guilty to raping his 3-year-old daughter in 2008. From The Daily News: Superior Judge Jan Jurden sentenced Richards to eight years in prison, but suspended the time for probation that requires monthly visits with a case officer. “Defendant will not fare well in [a prison] setting,” Jurden wrote in her sentencing order. Well that’s…