Yet another example of what we can expect from habitual violent offenders as we continue down the road of decarceration for its own sake (a journey that began long before coronavirus was a thing). 1/3 https://twitter.com/jamesagagliano/status/1254376780435251200

This case may strike some as especially surprising given that the perp is over 55 and a drug user. But, of course, many drug offenders are also violent criminals, and while one’s proclivity to reoffend goes down with age, the risk doesn’t come close to zeroing out. 2/3

I wonder what the reaction would be to a suggestion—one I’m not endorsing, to be clear—that those making such release decisions should have a personal financial stake in the outcome through the establishment of legal liability to victims for crimes committed post-release... 3/3