Rand: Sentencing laws not to blame

Anytime Sen. Rand would like to come along and ride with some of us "SLACK OFFICERS", I'm sure we would be more than happy to have him....

Liberal headed googoo muck. Let the criminals run free. shall we re-release those sweet young boys that just killed that cabbie? Yeah sure, why not... just supervise them closely, they'll be valued members of society before you know it! Bah!

Rand epitomizes all that is wrong with government. These animals should not be out on probation to rob and kill but in prison. As long as the legislature is full of the Tony Rands of the world, things will never get better. They push liberal judges who give out probation on a wholesale basis and then try to blame lack of supervision. These predator thugs are beyond supervisory help. They need to be locked away and Rand and his ilk need to be out of office. ASAP

Rand epitomizes all that is wrong with government. These animals should not be out on probation to rob and kill but in prison. As long as the legislature is full of the Tony Rands of the world, things will never get better. They push liberal judges who give out probation on a wholesale basis and then try to blame lack of supervision. These predator thugs are beyond supervisory help. They need to be locked away and Rand and his ilk need to be out of office. ASAP

I think much of the problem is money. Judges put people on probation and then remit supervision fees. If people are working and are put on probation they should have to pay for the conditional freedom. Being a defense attorney though, I rarely am able to take that position in court with my client next to me.

I'm pleading with the N&O: Th Governor says one thing and the leadership of the General Assembly says another. There's paper trail somewhere. Find it, ple-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ase.

Excuse me, Senator Rand. You work in criminal defense...getting the perpetrators off with either a lesser sentence or no sentence at all. How does that make you an expert??? I can't believe I am saying this...but, Governor Easley got it right...structured sentencing isn't working. My daughter went to school with a guy who committed three armed robberies and assaulted (stabbed) someone before he committed the fourth armed robbery and someone finally saw fit to send him to prison. His officer kept taking him back to court and the judge ordered that probation be continued. Call me crazy, but he should have gone to jail after the first time!!! Structured sentencing allows perpetrators (with some really serious offenses) to remain on our streets. What is it going to take for the laws to be changed???

Baloney! These punks should not have been out on the street to be supervised in the first place. This kind of pond scum should be under careful supervision of the jailer not some underpaid, overworked and definitely undereducated probation or parole officer. One of the main reasons and purposes of any government is to protect it's citizens from home grown and outside threats. Our governments have become so used to caring for their constituents that they are lost when it comes to doing their real jobs. Stop the state welfare programs which will force the willing to make their own way and concentrate on frying or locking up the remainder. We will all be better off in the long run.

Interesting that Boss Hawg Rand is turning against his long time crony Mikey. Predictable now that Easley is 30 days away from "irrelevance". .....

Tony will now concentrate on backing Governor Dumpling ..... "just sign the bill right here, Bev, don't worry your little head about reading it ...."