We need to come up with solutions fast to the growing crime problem in America.

[rambot]

I'm curious about all American's opinion on this one:

Do you think the amount of paranoia and fear in America is increasing/decreasing/staying the same?

 

[NxNW]

I'm curious about all American's opinion on this one:

Do you think the amount of paranoia and fear in America is increasing/decreasing/staying the same?

I think the media and politicians are feeding the frenzy. You can always find something negative to report. Social Media shows you the comment that gets the most responses and is most likely to get you in a tizzy.

 

[BCP1928]

An immediate practical solution has been staring us in the face for years, but it's like an elephant in the room that no one will acknowledge.
The Constitution grants the accused the right to a speedy and public trial. One of the reasons for that is that it is a basic fact of human psychology that punishment must follow the offense quickly in order to be effective.

We have largely abandoned that Constitutional right, with serious consequences. These days, a serious crime might not go to trial within 2 to 5 years after the arrest. Punishment delayed is punishment wasted and it doesn't even keep repeat offenders off the streets. This can be dangerous. In Chicago, where I used to live, it is not unusual that a person arrested for a gun crime will be bonded out and arrested for another one a few days later. I believe the record still stands at three times in one week. Delays in bringing a case to trial often tempt prosecutors to allow plea deals that are basically get out of jail free cards. The delays also discourage police from prioritizing clearing up outstanding warrants. They're busy with active crime scenes. Why should they waste time chasing down some guy for a crime he did two years ago when they know he'll be back home the same afternoon and it will be two or three years before he goes to trial anyway. No, I'm not making this stuff up or exaggerating. Read your own local paper and see how many priors the next shooter has who just got arrested in your town. And after years, the case finally comes to trial. But after years, witnesses are forgetful or unavailable, arresting officers might not even be on the force any more, evidence has gone missing, and guess what? The case is dismissed.

Why all that delay? It is popular to blame it on the accused using stalling tactics under the name of "Constitutional rights." After all, that's what we see in high-profile cases like Trump's. But in real life the delay is almost entirely the fault of the court system. Crowded dockets, overworked prosecutors, crime lab delays. (I have to laugh at shows like CSI. The results they deliver the same day the crime is discovered might take two years or more for a real world case, because of the backlog)

But nobody wants to talk about any of this, or do anything about it, so, good luck and thanks for all the fish.

 

[rambot]

An immediate practical solution has been staring us in the face for years, but it's like an elephant in the room that no one will acknowledge.
The Constitution grants the accused the right to a speedy and public trial. One of the reasons for that is that it is a basic fact of human psychology that punishment must follow the offense quickly in order to be effective.

We have largely abandoned that Constitutional right, with serious consequences. These days, a serious crime might not go to trial within 2 to 5 years after the arrest. Punishment delayed is punishment wasted and it doesn't even keep repeat offenders off the streets. This can be dangerous. In Chicago, where I used to live, it is not unusual that a person arrested for a gun crime will be bonded out and arrested for another one a few days later. I believe the record still stands at three times in one week. Delays in bringing a case to trial often tempt prosecutors to allow plea deals that are basically get out of jail free cards. The delays also discourage police from prioritizing clearing up outstanding warrants. They're busy with active crime scenes. Why should they waste time chasing down some guy for a crime he did two years ago when they know he'll be back home the same afternoon and it will be two or three years before he goes to trial anyway. No, I'm not making this stuff up or exaggerating. Read your own local paper and see how many priors the next shooter has who just got arrested in your town. And after years, the case finally comes to trial. But after years, witnesses are forgetful or unavailable, arresting officers might not even be on the force any more, evidence has gone missing, and guess what? The case is dismissed.

Why all that delay? It is popular to blame it on the accused using stalling tactics under the name of "Constitutional rights." After all, that's what we see in high-profile cases like Trump's. But in real life the delay is almost entirely the fault of the court system. Crowded dockets, overworked prosecutors, crime lab delays. (I have to laugh at shows like CSI. The results they deliver the same day the crime is discovered might take two years or more for a real world case, because of the backlog)

But nobody wants to talk about any of this, or do anything about it, so, good luck and thanks for all the fish.

Too many Americans hate paying taxes and so they don't think about the consequences of voting in parties that don't want to bring in unpopular taxes.


Gotta have the funds to get stuff done.

That said, while an effective consequence occurs quickly; even weeks or months will have an effect. And I am more of the opinion that there are quite a few criminals who are not affected by the consequence regardless.

 

[AV1611VET]

What can Americans do to help solve the rapid growing crime problem? It only gets worse, and public safety has been compromised.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

 

[RDKirk]

An immediate practical solution has been staring us in the face for years, but it's like an elephant in the room that no one will acknowledge.
The Constitution grants the accused the right to a speedy and public trial. One of the reasons for that is that it is a basic fact of human psychology that punishment must follow the offense quickly in order to be effective.

I think you have their intention backwards.

In those days, a person arrested for a crime might be held for days, weeks, or months just awaiting charges (usually for political reasons). That situation is what the Constitution intended to prohibit. The first official "bail" law in the US wasn't passed until 1789.

 

[d taylor]

This is unconstitutional on its face.

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Give them three days to appeal and then end their life.

 

[Belk]

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Give them three days to appeal and then end their life.

Are you really so eager to give the government the power over your life and death?

 

[Aaron112]

I'm curious about all American's opinion on this one:

Do you think the amount of paranoia and fear in America is increasing/decreasing/staying the same?

Some say yes.
Some say no.
Some don't care and say so.
Some like it .
Some don't like it.
Most don't and won't make any difference at all.

 

[Aaron112]

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Where is "their land" (God's View)?
Since the ungodly outnumber the godly righteous more than 500 to one everywhere except a few small places,
what if any land might be healed ?

 

[Aaron112]

Gotta have the funds to get stuff done.

Sudden immediate thought to this - "funds", as in trillions of dollars every day,
are getting "stuff done"....

Making crime legal/ criminal corporations and people free to operate.
oppressing the poor.
spreading fear.
suppressing justice.
robbing the poor and the rich.
etc etc etc et al

 

[bèlla]

I'm curious about all American's opinion on this one:

Do you think the amount of paranoia and fear in America is increasing/decreasing/staying the same?

I think a lot of people are frustrated, mistrustful, uncertain, disenchanted and scared. We're experiencing things no one anticipated and others are mounting. The media fuels the negative and does little to foster togetherness.

Keeping your head is a must and that requires you to tune out the nonsense, research things yourself and don't fixate on woes and negatives. We'll always have problems. How we handle them is the difference.

~bella

 

[AV1611VET]

Where is "their land" (God's View)?
Since the ungodly outnumber the godly righteous more than 500 to one everywhere except a few small places,
what if any land might be healed ?

Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

 

[Pommer]

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Give them three days to appeal and then end their life.

SCOTUS rulings have made clear that the state will begin an automatic appeal in capital cases.
Since this fact (and the Law-of-the-Land), a condemned person cannot be executed until their appeal is adjudicated, “due process” (cf 14th Amendment).

 

[RDKirk]

SCOTUS rulings have made clear that the state will begin an automatic appeal in capital cases.
Since this fact (and the Law-of-the-Land), a condemned person cannot be executed until their appeal is adjudicated, “due process” (cf 14th Amendment).

Not long ago, the governor of Illinois discovered they had over a dozen men on death row who had been convicted without a single piece of evidence other than coerced confessions. They hadn't even proven by any other evidence that the convicted men had ever been at the scenes or in contact with the murder weapons or had had any contact with the victims. There weren't even any eye witnesses. Nothing but coerced confessions.