Jason Rantz: ‘Community panel’ will choose punishment for first-time offenders, while taxpayers pay restitution
http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/11/30/jason-rantz-community-panel-will-choose-punishment-for-first-time-offenders-while-taxpayers-pay-restitution/
There’s very little out of Seattle that can surprise us anymore, but Seattle radio host Jason Rantz has a piece up Monday about an experimental program in King County that would have the “community” decide what to do with first-time, non-violent offenders, with restitution for the victim coming from the taxpayers (with a cap of, say, $500).
(((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio ~ Under a new, experimental program in Seattle and King County, first-time criminals will not see jail time for their crimes nor pay restitution. Who will? Taxpayers, of course.
Rantz writes:
Under an experimental program in King County, first-time criminals will not see jail time for crimes, nor pay restitution. Instead, the suspects get a pass from any jailtime or record, with the “community” choosing the punishment. Plus, as an added bonus, county taxpayers will quite literally pay for the crimes.
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Under the “restorative justice” program, non-violent, first-time felons will face a non-profit community panel to decide how the offender will be held accountable. But [King County Prosecutor Dan] Satterberg won’t define what he means by accountability.
“We can send that person instead (of jail) to a community accountability group, who will define what they think accountability means,” Satterberg told KOMO TV.
There’s a Seattle movement to literally abolish jails while justifying violence against cops and the destruction of corporations. Should they get to define what accountability means?
Rantz adds that the $6.2 million funding for the program comes from what would have gone to the sheriff’s office. And the money to pay restitution? That will come from the taxpayers.
lisa m ~ Total destruction of a beautiful, once great American city. An absolute tragedy.
President-Elect Kraken Number 6 I can’t comprehend the mentality of the people who live in Seattle who accept policies like this. What do they think the outcome will be?
Mark Bowlin ~ You get a freebie? Let's see how long that lasts.
Steven Millsap ~ So does this mean I should go to seattle to get a new computer? I've never committed a crime and need a new computer. So the first one is free?
Q-bert ~ You're thinking too small. Hit a bank my dude, first one's free ...
Emil Prohorchuck ~ But you’ll get busted for breaking lockdown?
Usaiscraycray ~ Used to be a taxpayer on the Left coast. I cringe at the amount of my money wasted on the lib elite social experiments.
Scott Drum ~ Gosh. If only there were some sort of theory that would predict what will happen when you eliminate penalties for doing it.
Nitemiche ~ Reason #79 that moving companies are doing well in places like Seattle and Portland.
The Adults have left the room ~ Anyone moving out of Seattle should surrender their voting rights. We don’t need this non sense spreading to other areas.
SWA ~ I can see the nut jobs on the Minneapolis City Council wanting to try this.
jdl ~ The taxpayers of Seattle ought to relocate elsewhere. The bogus policies will disappear real quick.
Kilomikealpha76 ~ No. Those that voted for these morons need to stay where they are and reap the consequences. They wanted this. They shouldn't get to flee to a better area and ruin that place too. ...
The prosecutor says it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, though, and if you screw up again, then they’ll see you in court.
What a pathetic joke.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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