(April 20, 2013 at 6:09 pm)Jextin Wrote: i have bipolar disorder bad and a while back i went crazy when my gf left me and wrote on fb that i would kill myself and her. well it got me suspended from college as well as jailed, but i was lucky enough to get out and charges dropped.
But it pissed me off because first they took me to a hospital for 2 weeks but the day i got released the cops took me to jail. while in jail not once did i recieve any of my meds and the detective kept trying to add more and more charges. wtf? i was already in jail, i wasnt going to hurt anyone, i was hurting already and had a outburst on fb, and i was getting punished for it, so why does she keep adding fuel to the fire?
I really hate how the law system is all about punishment rather than prevention or rehab. the detective kept adding charges if it had messed up my record it would have been even harder to find a job and be "a functional member of society".
how is this doing anyone any good?
I have an old op-ed around some place addressing this. The more charges they add the more likely they can get a plea bargain by dropping the rest.
My position is that plea bargains should considered coercion and should be outlawed.
