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Common Dreams reports
Reviled Florida State Attorney Angela Corey lost her reelection bid on [August 30], prompting widespread celebration as the woman The Nation once suggested was "the cruelest prosecutor in America" was ousted.
"Corey's loss is an encouraging sign that the public will no longer tolerate overzealous and unprincipled criminal prosecutions, including women and children", University of Miami law professor Mary Anne Franks said in a statement.
Corey, whose eight-year tenure in Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit Court saw her charge 77 children as adults in 2016 alone and sentence more people to death than any other Florida prosecutor, gained widespread notoriety for her inadequate prosecution of Trayvon Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, and for seeking a 60-year sentence for Marissa Alexander, a domestic violence survivor with three children, for firing a warning shot in the direction of her abusive husband. (Alexander spent three years in prison.)
[...] Corey was defeated by unknown opponent and corporate lawyer Melissa Nelson, who will now face off with write-in candidate Kenny Leigh in the general election--although Jacksonville media noted that no write-in candidate has ever been elected to the state attorney position in Florida, and that Leigh has yet to make a single campaign appearance.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Friday September 02 2016, @09:28PM
At most that explains men committing more violent acts, it doesn't address the other issues with regards to being convicted and how we're sentenced.
I do question the credibility of anything genetic with respect to violence, there's a fairly long chain of events that have to occur and the typical neglect that boys face can't possibly be helpful. Death Row inmates are also disproportionately drug users and individuals of lesser intelligence as well. They also tend to be people who are generally ignored by society.
Genes may contribute to the problem, but ignoring most of the factors does not seem wise to me.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday September 02 2016, @09:56PM
Genes may contribute to the problem, but ignoring most of the factors does not seem wise to me.
Since you were harping on *women* and crime, I responded accordingly. Moving the goalposts now? No thanks, I'll pass.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday September 03 2016, @03:29PM
"Moving the goalposts now? No thanks, I'll pass."
And NotSanguine passes, 60 yards, to Takyon. It's right on the numbers! Takyon holds onto it! Takyon stumbles three yards into the endzone before being driven into the mud by the other team! TOUCHDOWN SOYLENT!!!!
We're gonna be able to vacation in Gaza, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran and maybe Minnesota soon. Incredible times.