Repeat offenders who go unpunished

[surfdog]

Several years ago I was the victim of a purse snatching. I was attacked by 2 thugs who were part of a gang. It was in front of a store here in Charlotte and it just so happened that the manager recognized one of them and he jumped into his car and chased him down. The police tracked them down and I was able to pick them out of a line up. During the attack my hand was cut with what I'm guessing was a knife. I received papers from the DA suggesting that I recommend that these criminals only receive community service which I refused to do. I was told that these guys had juvenile records a mile long but because they just came of age and would be tried as adults and their juvenile records weren't admissable. When I refused to agree to their community service and slap on the hand, the case somehow never went to court and I was never notified despite numerous calls to the DA office. I was told that the jails are overcrowded and apparently this just wasn't serious enough. I'm sure these guys have gone on to commit much bigger crimes thanks to the judicial system.

[pacino2367]

I'm sorry that you've sadly become a spoke in the judicial wheel as a result of minding your own business. As laborious and exhausting as the process may be, maintain your vigilance for a successful prosecution. To support this in theory, utilitarian criminologists, Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) and Jeremy Bentham (1748-1833), suggest the core concept that (a) people choose all behavior, including criminal behavior (b) their choices can be controlled by the fear of punishment, and (c) the more severe, certain, and swift the punishment, the greater its ability to control criminal behavior. In summary, your unyielding and determined pursuit for punishment will be a variable which these suspects will deliberate when weighing pros/cons of any future ciminal behavior.