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Date Posted: 05:53:06 10/02/02 Wed
Author: W. Louis Hennessy
Author Host/IP: cache-dh07.proxy.aol.com / 205.188.208.171
Subject: reply to fighting4kids
In reply to: fighting4kids 's message, "Irresponsible Expert Witnessess" on 00:16:45 10/02/02 Wed

If you don't care for our Constitution I suggest you try to change it or leave the Country. The type of criminal justice system you crave for is available (Cuba, Iraq, Iran) and I doubt you believe it would be an improvement over ours.

This may come as a surprise to you but I did not write our constitution or the bill or rights. However, I believe strongly in our criminal justice system. If I have a problem with it I attempt to make changes to improve it. Complaining alone gets us nowhere.

With respect to my philosophy on addressing crime, I do believe in vigorous enforcement coupled with a prevention component. If I can prevent someone from committing a criminal offense where someone is seriously injured, that is far better than arresting the perpetrator afterward and the victim still suffers. If that is fence sitting I suggest you check out my record as Commander of the D.C. Police Homicide Branch. We implemented a similar program there which resulted in our arresting and sucessfully prosecuting more people for murder than at any time in history. At the same time we were able to reduce the murder rate by 20%. It works!

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