I’m not hopping on the bandwagon circling the Santa Clara County, California, courthouse. Don’t add my name to the million-plus names of those calling for the scalp of Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky. Far from a goat, Judge Persky is a hero. Full Op-Ed Piece
Norm Pattis: Bonds of civil society dissolving in name of righteousness
- ·June 17, 2016
- ·3 Comments
Tagged
OpinionRelated Posts...
General Comments April 2021
April 1, 2021
General Comments March 2021
March 3, 2021
The Sex Offender Law That Could’ve Broken the Government
February 26, 2021
NY: Rensselaer County proposes animal abuser registry
February 23, 2021
Well stated Norm Pattis. Good commentary.
Norm Pattis said “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: We’ve fallen in love with prisons in this country. We incarcerated almost 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, although we are just under 5 percent of the world’s population. The sentences we impose for all sorts of crimes are far longer than sentences imposed in other republics.” The law enforcement approach to prostitution has the Swedish model which focuses on prosecution of johns, whereas the Dutch model focuses on the side selling the sex. The Swedish model is finding it way into the US approach, that is, the… Read more »
well said,