BEST JUSTICE SYSTEM. ENGLAND OR THE USA?

[kevvome]

I don't know which justice system is best.

The US has less cushy conditions in some cases, longer sentences AFAIK, the death penalty -- all of those things that you cited in the OP which I agree with for violent offenders, kevvome.

Yet, we also have extraordinarily long sentences in some cases for non-violent offenses, little consistency in laws and sentences between states (not all of them have the death penalty), slow moving wheels of justice in a lot of cases (expensive too), and our fair share of wrongful convictions for those sentenced to death. Also, the self-defense laws in some states make it too easy to kill without legal repercussions, in my view.

In California, Governor Jerry Brown has agreed to the release of over 2,000 lifers -- primarily due to another result of the problems that I highlighted in the paragraph above: overcrowding of prisons in the US. I believe other states are moving in the same direction. Life without parole is going to be used more sparingly in the future, IMO.

On the plus side, many states and the US Attorney General are also reducing sentences for some non-violent crimes including illegal marijuana possession, along with releasing early some convicts that have already served many years behind bars for such offenses.

For violent juvenile offenders, to the best of my knowledge, England and the US face similar challenges. What's appropriate sentencing, especially for minors who rape and kill? I'm seeing more minors who are too young to be tried as adults according to state laws and will therefore have to be released by the time they're only 25 years old, no matter how horrific the crime and how little remorse is shown.

Welcome to Mock.

Thanks for the welcome my friend. So even the USA has turned to releasing prisoners early? YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY PRISONS YOU BUILD THERE WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH CELLS FOR EVERYONE. That is a fact. Criminality is a problem without a solution. And yeah, prisons have too many non violent harmless offenders, like people that enjoy a little ganja now and again. Or someone that hasn't paid their parking tickets. As for minors that are violent and potential killers. This is where the law needs to be changed. these fucking monsters should be locked away forever. Evil is evil. There are not enough places for prisoners in the states or England. We have been letting them out on early release for thirty years or so. Not all the time, but when overcrowding is bad we chuck the non violent ones out early.