The Judicial System Needs A Facelift:
EL : The Judicial System needs a facelift- it needs a heart transplant, but I'll just say facelift for now.
The "old" laws don't apply to modern man. I think that the laws should be "fine-tuned" every 15 years. The laws must evolve with the society that it is governing.
I think judges should get off of the bench at age 55.The "active" judging age should be 35-55. It should also be multiple races on the bench. The racial disparity is alarming. Can a 65 year old, middle class white man ,understand a 20 year old black man from the ghetto ? I think not!
It would be like trying to get your great- grandfather to understand rap music and all he listens to is jazz. He is so far removed from the culture that he will never understand where you are coming from. His generation was b.c. (before crack), this is a.d. (after drugs). Things are not the same,so why do we have the same laws ? We can't meet NEW problems with OLD laws.
Interviewer: So what would be your solution for the crimes ?
EL: Well America is so criminal minded,that I don't think that there is any 1 solution- but I can give you my opinion on how I would curve crime...
First of all, we need JOBS.. If there were more jobs that paid decent cash,the crime would decrease. 2 reasons why this would work - 1. When you have stability in your life (job,wife,kids,house)you're are less likely to do foolish things to jeopardize it. 2. When you work 10 hours a day you will be too tired to "hang" out all night.
Contrary to popular belief, most people in the hood want to work. The problem comes when they don't have job skills, connections or transportation. So what happens ? They turn to the street,catch a case, sit in jail and get older, then come out of jail in a worse situation than they were in before.
If jail was really for rehabilitation, shouldn't they train people while they are doing time so that they can be productive citizens ?
Secondly, we need political power- which goes back to the jobs. I say this because politicians are not loyal to votes, they are loyal to money. Politicians can be bought. Until we get an economic base, we will continue to suffer injustice. So in short, curve crime by getting money and buying politicians. That is how we can change laws.
But back to the Judges - I have to go over their heads for a minute - We need a Judicial facelift but we MAINLY need a Congressional facelift. The Judge only interprets the law, and he can impose sentences for "BREAKING " those laws. We need to change( the heart transplant) the people that are "MAKING" these laws.
More to come.......
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