What a great idea!

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Police Want Criminals To Cover Expenses For Their Apprehension
Gazeta.ru

"On Tuesday high-ranking police officials revealed their proposals for radical changes to the effective Criminal Procedure legislation to make offenders liable for the costs of their apprehension. The Interior Ministry’s Chief Criminal Investigation Department (GUUR) insists that suspects should be remanded in custody pending trial and not released on a pledge not to leave the area of the criminal proceedings. According to Interior Ministry’s statistics, over 50% of offenders released on bail re-offend."

Comrade, would alleged offenders get refunds if tried and found not guilty? The (truly) criminal justice system in our own U.S.A. is already afflicted with the abominations of plea bargaining and seizure of allegedly ill-gotten gains, which make it much too tempting to haul people in on trumped-up charges in order to confiscate their goods. The only lasting solution to the crime problem is to create a just society, I'm sorry, there is just no quick fix. Pardoning supercriminals like Marc Rich is not the way to go about it, that's for sure! Nor is punishing corageous leaders like Peru's Fujimori, who is now exiled for daring to take on Sendero Luminoso narcoterrorists in defense of his country. With the political will and modern technology, a community of nation-states could crush the international drug trade like a bug on a windshield. Do you know what is the last thing that goes through such a bug's mind? His *******!

[Edited by tovarisch on 11th January 2002 at 08:44]