"Too much mercy often results in further crimes which are fatal to victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second" ~ Agatha Christie
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND IRRATIONAL SENTENCING
Judicial Activism and Irrational Sentencing
by
Lester Jackson, Ph.D.
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Something is painfully wrong when a person with no prior record can receive a harsh sentence, but someone serving life cannot be penalized for the most barbaric new crimes because he is already permanently incarcerated for the worst depravity.