Is there a reason you didn't answer my question about you being caught with a small amount of drugs in your glovebox?
You really don't get it, do you? Using your own philosophy, you should have been rushed through the system and should be serving the maximum penalty right now. But you're not (and you hopefully won't) because you and your attorney are going to argue that the situation does not merit this blind, simpleminded approach. And you're right in making that argument. Just like many, many other people that are caught up in the system argue that their own cases involve unique circumstances that the court should take into account.
All your hypotheticals are moot because under your proposed system, it doesn't *matter* whether someone is obviously, unquestionably guilty. Your automatic maximum-penalty would apply to everyone. Unless, of course, you want the Court to take into account the surrounding circumstances and make case-by-case determinations about what kind of sentence is actually warranted (as you want the Court to do for you).
Again, I truly hope that the parties involved in your case are not as simplistic and as reactionary as you as you would have them be to others. Maybe you should ask your defense attorney what he thinks of your proposed criminal justice system...
Good luck.
I was trying to make the point that if a crime was committed and the person who committed such crime did it with FULL knowledge, and they are caught with evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, then they should pay for the crime. That's all... Setting up checkpoints is NOT what this country is supposed to be about...
If my case went to trial, they would nullify me because of the circumstance. Also, I am quite confident, that the canister of mace is inert...being it has only a 5 year shelf life. This would be a notch on my side.
For what it is worth, I took the "Attempt" plea, I spoke of at my place. The Judge gave me 6 months non-reporting Probation under advisement...which means in 6 months if I'mma good boy, it goes away completely. And she ended it with a $300 fine... I would have takin it to trial, but a simple little case like this, the cheapest lawyer I could find wanted $6,000 up to the trial, and an additional $4,000 if it goes to trial vice pleading out ahead of time.
Crooks!! The cops are setting up road blocks fer the wrong folks!!