Should the government institute a jury program whereby jurists would serve as advisors to those who are in reh

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abilitation programs to help them learn how to communicate and understand society and be civil in society, how that is possible and necessary in society so that they have less chance of becoming repeat offenders?

These jurists would be not from the original trials of the prisoners. They would be separate from those trials. They would be law abiding citizens who are found to be functionally psychologically acceptable to a court of law.
They would meet with prisoners in groups once per month, kind of like an intervention and a judge would moderate the two groups, 12 prisoners and 12 jurists. We probably would not call them jurists then, probably civilizers?

We all pay dearly now for the system don't we? Won't it be cheaper if we can functionally cut out the expenses of incarcerration for lifetimes?

Answer 1

Worst idea I've ever heard.

We already have created a massive, runaway judicial / rehab industrial complex and you propose to require even more of us to participate in that corrupt system?

Great - no more jails because you turn the whole damn world into a giant prison where right minded, law abiding citizen such as yourself can sit and pass judgment on the rest of us.

Nooooo, thank you.,

There's a more fundamental issue that folks like you should spend some time on.

At the turn of the last century federal marshals maybe had two laws to enforce. Now they have 17,000 federal laws and regulations on the books. For example, did you know that it is a federal crime to impersonate a 4H Club leader. Look it up.

And our government passes laws that regulate what we put in and take out of our various bodily orifices. Like it's illegal to smoke pot, drop acid, snort coke and meth. And the government don't want us having abortions and in most places anal sex and forms of sodomy are still illegal. And you better not pay money so that some strange woman will allow you put your dick into one of her orifices.

We can reduce the size of our criminal element if the damn police and judges and lawmakers would just start minding their own damn business. The only crimes on the books should be if you deliberately hurt some one physically or financially. Let's quit trying to regulate polite behavior and morality. And no more orifice laws. And who gives a **** if you impersonate a 4H club leader....

Answer 2

Well, let's face one fact squarely. Our criminal justice system is broken, no matter how you want to measure it.

The problem is that we have several competing goals. Rehabilitation is only one of these. Separating dangerous elements from Society is another. Fairness to the accused is another, and there's also humane treatment to the incarcerated.

To fix the broken system, we need to decide which of these goals is the most important, and focus on that.

Answer 3

This, along with your other questions, is nice in theory, but who is going to pay for all this?


Re: Additional Details; You have a point. Maybe studies can be done or have been done regarding rehabilitation costs vs. incarceration costs.