Ok. Lets explore this for a moment. What exactly do you know about people who don't commit crimes because of laws that exist?
Because thats part of the issue here. And your experience tells you jack shit about them. You have a one sided, ignorant viewpoint that is cabined from your work. Try and expand it a little bit. You are NOT an expert on why people commit crimes, just because you work in the criminal justice system.
Wrong. Hate crimes laws DO NOT DETER racists from committing crimes. They INSPIRE THEM. It gives them a bully pulpit, a place to show the world how downtrodden they are, and how they are fighting the good fight against evil ________. (fill in the relevant blank). I know this from working with white supremacists and skinheads FOR YEARS.
Furthermore, I have been involved in drafting and helping to pass sentencing enhancements at the state level. I KNOW how they work, intricately. You have no idea who I am, and what I do. You're a student who knows just enough to sound educated, but not enough to keep from getting into trouble in a discussion of the tangibles.
So, don't call this an appeal to authority. You asked what I know. What I know is the real world application of enhancements, how they are prosecuted, and how they work. My area of specialization is gangs, but the applications of enhancements are basically the same. I'm not a prosecutor, but I understand this issue as well as most prosecutors do, and better than 95% of other types of lawyers. The corporate types don't have a clue how enhancements work.
Just as clearly as I know what I know, it's clear that you
don't know what
you don't know. And sometimes, in the real world, learning what you DON'T KNOW is pretty damn important.
I can tell from your responses here that all of this is theoretical to you. It's OBVIOUS.
That's what's hilarious about your claims that I'm using an appeal to authority. YOU ARE TOO, in your own misguided way. You believe that because you're a law student, you're an authority ON THE LAW. But the fact of the matter is that you've probably never drafted a piece of actual legislation, looking for possible pitfalls that will ultimately hang up the very people that the law is intended to help (prosecutors) and you have no idea how these enhancements play out in the real world.
TFF.
Here's the thing, law student. When you actually get out and start practicing law, be prepared to be fucking SCHOOLED by quite a few non-law school graduates. When you get out there working in the real world, if you plan to work with criminals, there are going to be a lot of people who don't give a shit where you went to school. That part of your lfe is over. What matters is what you can DO. And at this point, you can't do dick.
That's where you rank on the scheme of things, fancy law degree, and all. It's going to take you YEARS to earn the respect, daily, that you feel entitled to at this moment in time simply because of the name of your law school.
And there are going to be a shit ton of old heads out there, like me, who are going to be laughing our asses off every time you step in it, like you did in this thread. We expect it of you, and you WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.
You're all ego and no substance right now. but you'll learn...oh yes, you'll learn.
