re: #580 WindUpBird

I’m all for safety! I’m not all for power being more in the hands of prosecutors and arbitrary three-strikes laws than in the hands of judges. I tend to like a human hand in this stuff.

it’s just a talking point I see over and over again in the narrative: suspicious of the government, except when it comes to the power of prosecutors and law enforcement.

i think a lot of the issues in our criminal justice system would be solved if prosecutors were less political. Look how many prosecutors ride on a wave of convictions, to a career in politics. it’s a massive conflict of interest.

Your points are very reasonable.

But WUB - please don’t assume that “conservatives” in general are suspicious of all government except when it comes to the poer of prosecutors and law enforcement. Some (can you say “tea-party”) obviously are. Most I know are not.

Besides which, I know plenty of liberals who have their own suspicions about government, just different ones. It’s a matter of perspective
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