Purging old warrants: Good idea or 'amnesty?"
Thousands of people with old outstanding charges for crimes like petty theft, passing small bad checks and driving without a license would have those warrants erased under a proposal from a Democratic judge and a Republican former Cincinnati city councilman.
Read Jessica Brown's full story here
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Post a Comment*And why is Winburn involved?
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This is a fantastic recommendation !
Nadine is right on target, if these cases were that criticalthen there would be more aggressive pursuit !
Especially, from victims. If victims encountered the charged individuals they would immediately contact authorities to come after them, PERIOD !
heart-less is engaged in wRong wingnut whacko , 'elect me' political rhetoric !
Finally, some common sense is coming out of the Hamilton County Courthouse.
According to the court records the person in Judge Allen's courtroom this week on 1997 charges was also being held in jail on a new 2008 theft charge. He couldn't make bond on the new charge either, so he would have been locked-up for 13days awaiting trial even if there were no 1997 charges. There may be some benefits to the judge's proposal but reducing the jail population isn't one of them.
It sounds like a good fair idea to me. Which means once all of the 'other' useless political hacks in this town get involved the idea will die. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it. This is a town that LOVES to lock people up until they pay up.
The foot-tapping Bold Typist's accumulated sexual solicitation charges might now be erased.
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"Anonymous said...accumulated sexual solicitation charges might now be erased. 3:31 PM, April 17, 2008"
Much too recent !
Now, Now, Ms. Larry don't you recall our recent sting where we entrapped your foot-tapping, wRong wingnut whacko crony in the airport restroom waving, pick-me, under the partition ?
PATHETIC 'family values' !
HAD ENOUGH, VOTE DEMOCRAT 2008 !
I think it's a good idea, but details need to be hashed out.
Is it amnesty? No, I don't think so and the reason will be the legal justification:
The jurisdiction that fails to make an effort to bring these people to justice by locating them and bringing them timely before the court is acquisece in a duty . Such acquiese - runs out the clock on the defendants' ability to get justice and is a denial of due process.
Part of this recommendation should provide public notice to all victims to have their cases, damages, and harm opted out of the program without cause demanded. Essentially, providing victims safeguards.
If this was limited to victimless crimes (drugs, prostitution, open flask) I could go for it but letting a person off for stealing a <$500 family heirloom is BS.
Ohio about leads the nation in lockups...ADD VIVTIMLESS CRIMES TO THE LIST. Most of those folks shouldn't be in a cell
Somehow I can't help but imagine that paying off the second mortgage he took on his home to finance his failed City Council and Mayoral campaigns after resigning from the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to work on Ken Blackwell's failed Gubernatorial campaign and deciding against campaigning for County Commissioner isn't somehow behind Winburn's activities?
Of course the democRATS want to let criminals loose...It means more voters for Barry Hussein Osama in the Fall.
And Repugs are suddenly going soft on crime because they know they're al about to be indicted once we have ethical people back in the White House, the Justice Department, and the U.S. attorney's offices.
BAD IDEA... SORRY CHARLIE.
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