PARENT'S RIGHTS NOW!

CBS writes “Jon Engaged? What Will Kate Say?” A better question might be, “Does Jon have his child support checks ready to roll?”

Brian Hicks notes in We Need to Ante Up to Get Reforms:

Many of the problems facing the Department of Corrections, the solicitors, the courts and the police all boil down to one thing: money. Between the worst budget deficits this state has ever seen, coupled with years of tax cuts, there simply is not enough cash to do all that needs to be done.

The hard truth is, if we are going to make these thugs pay, we are going to have to pay.

Mr. Hicks is partially right. Either we need to pay more or we need to be more discriminating in deciding whom to incarcerate.

According to the article “Serial killer shot to death in N.C.," "Look at this," [State Law Enforcement Division Director Reggie] Lloyd said, waving a stapled copy of [serial killer] Burris' criminal record. "This is like 25 pages. At some point the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this suspect was out on the street."

We don't think we have to wait for an explanation. We spend so much money incarcerating minor offenders, that we lack the resources to incarcerate all the folks who need to be incarcerated.

Charleston County Attorney Gregory S. Forman, Esquire poses a provocative question on his Blog at Is the Application of civil contempt in South Carolina’s “daddy round-ups” improper?