Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Our Prisons Are Crowded Because We Have A Lot of Criminals

Our Prisons Are Crowded Because We  Have A Lot of Criminals - nationalreview.com

Excerpt from this article:

"So when the public hears about somebody who is facing a mandatory minimum, what’s often left unreported is that it isn’t the offender’s first rodeo. By definition, they are dealers, not simple possessors, moving significant quantities, and either have a serious criminal history or are leaders or organizers of criminal groups."
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We do have a lot of criminals in America, but some of the worst ones are not in prison! In fact, many of the worst criminals are the politicians who make the laws in the first place. Constitutional scholar and talk show host Mark Levin has said:
"You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine.  What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and yes, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country! To your future, to your children and your grandchildren. What they are doing is with malice and with forethought." (emphasis mine) (source)

The following is a poem about law and justice:

"As a young lawyer from the books that I'd read
I thought justice and law were the same.
But I soon put such juvenile thoughts from my head
And I studied the rules of the game." 
(Author unknown)
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Recommended reading:
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And my post:

Friday, November 20, 2015

Kudos to Toys R Us, Michael Moore

Toys R Us Removing Toy Guns From Stores in France Following Paris Attacks - breitbart.com

Michael Moore Offers His Michigan Home to Syrian Refugees - breitbart.com

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One of the main purposes of this blog is to spread the Gospel of my Lord Jesus Christ - and I do this in part by posting links to various gospel sermons (see here and here and here and here, and here)

But another purpose is just to share my take on social issues like gun control  and immigration (see here, and here, and here, and here).

Michael Moore and I are probably as far apart as Bernie Sanders and Rush Limbaugh (I'm a little bit to the right of Rush!).

But I'm not opposed to giving kudos where kudos are due. And the above 2 news stories highlight 2 things that deserve kudos:
1. Toys R Us for removing toy guns from their store. I am a fierce defender of our second amendment right to bear arms (not to be confused with arming bears, which I don't recommend!). But guns are not toys and all stores (as well as second hand stores, garage sales, Craigslist, etc.) should follow Toys R Us' lead and refuse to sell these guns ... to anyone.
2. Michael Moore deserves our kudos for offering to let Syrian refugees to live in his house. Hopefully this is not just a publicity act. But I think Christians would do well to follow his lead here - especially for refugees that name the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says:

"But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" - 1 John 3:17
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Friday, June 12, 2015

War On Police

War On Police, by Dr. Richard R. Schmidt

Dr. Schmidt speaks on the following Bible verses:

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.  Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation." - Romans 13:1,2

Recommended videos:

Ann Coulter Sounds Off On Ferguson, Garner
Boom: Watch Megan Kelly Expose The Dangerous 'Lie' Of Ferguson In 90 Seconds
Recommended sermon:

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

Monday, December 8, 2014

Government Cages and the Criminals In Charge

Government Cages, and the Criminals In Charge - lewrockwell.com

"...America’s system of mass incarceration, in which we today imprison 25 percent of all the world’s prisoners although Americans are only 5 percent of the global population...most prisoners are poor and never had adequate legal defense...people of color in our urban 'internal colonies' are worth nothing on the streets but, in cages, each generates $40,000 to $50,000 a year for corporations"

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The following quote comes from a small newsletter called Justice Matters (fall issue, 2004):

"According to information provided by the State of Washington, more than 90% of felony defendants were indigent at the time of there arrest."

Recommended reading (my posts)

Orange Is The New Black
Psychology Test For Today: Pick The One That Doesn't Fit

Recommended movie:

The Shawshank Redemption

Saturday, May 10, 2014

America's Prisoners Cost You $80 Billion a Year

America's Prisoners Cost You $260 a Year - newser.com

"A new report from a branch of the Brookings Institution notes that the US spent $80 billion on incarceration in 2010, an expense that translates into each American paying $260 per year to house our criminals. That's up from $77 per US resident in 1980, reports CBS News. With violent crime rates down, what's behind the increase?"
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"As a young lawyer from the books that I'd read,
I thought justice and law were the same.
But I soon put such juvenile thoughts from my head
and I studied the rules of the game." - unknown

There are people who need to be in prison - forever! (like the one Ann Coulter talks about in Lockett & Load). But there are many many more that could - and I believe should - be safely transitioned back into society. Drug offenders are just one category of prisoners that I believe could be released early. I'm not talking about letting drug dealers out early - no, throw the book at them. But the addict whose only crime is that he or she chose to get addicted to heroin or cocaine rather than prescription drugs doesn't need to be in prison!

Ann Coulter says in one of her books: "Of course prison works. It keeps people who commit crimes off the streets because they are in prison. Let's run the numbers: The recidivism rate for armed robbers behind bars is...hmmm, looks like zero percent!" (Source: One of Ann coulter's books!).

While I often agree with Ann Coulter, I think we part company here. The problem with the American judicial system (which still may be the best in the world!) is that it favors those with money and resources. If that were not the case, our President would have been locked up long ago (See: 76 Times Obama's White House Ilegally and Unethically Abused Its Power, as Documented by Sen. Ted Cruz, Should Obama Grant More Pardons?, & Bill Clinton and the Rape that won't Go Away).

Recommended reading:

Should Obama Grant More Pardons? (my post)
Pardon Me? Obama, Bill Ayers, and Crack Cocaine - wnd.com
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the Crosshairs (my post)
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, by Ann Coulter

The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits from Crime, by Joel Dyer
Mean Justice: A True Account of a Town's Terror, A Prosecutor's Power, and a Betrayal of Innocence, by Pulitzer Prize winning author, Edward Hume
Pat Boone is a Wanted Man!
The World's Biggest Crooks! - lewrockwell.com
Prisonfellowship.org

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Christians, Crime, and Lawyers, Oh My!

Headlines: Don't Police Have to Tell Me My Rights? - lewrockwell.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Many people believe that they can “beat the case” if the officer doesn’t read them their Miranda rights during an arrest. This is a myth. The only time an officer must read a person his or her Miranda rights is when: (1) the person has been placed under arrest, AND (2) the officer is about to question the person about a crime."
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 If you are a non-Christian and you are arrested or accused of a crime by a police officer, the smartest thing you can do is say: "I want a lawyer." And then shut up until the lawyer arrives.

But that is not the advice I would give to a Christian who gets arrested or accused of a Crime. First of all, a Christian should be the last person to be accused of a crime (unless it is for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex couple, telling people that homosexuality is a sin, bringing a Bible to school, teaching kids that Hell is a real place where non-Christians will spend eternity, Or homeschooling their children. Otherwise, Christians should follow the teachings of the Bible which says:

"Obey every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake." - 1 Peter 2:13 (see also Romans 13:1-7).

But in the (hopefully rare!) cases where a Christian backslides and commits a serious crime, they should take responsibility for their action - even if that means going to jail or prison. I've heard well meaning Christians say things like: "If you've confessed your sins to God - and you meant it - God has already forgiven you." Maybe that will work. But then again, maybe it won't.

John the Baptist turned away the religious leaders of his day who wanted him to baptize them. He said "O Generation of Vipers, Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth fruits meet for repentance."   (Matthew 3:78).  I'm certainly no John the Baptist, but I would tell Christians who have committed a crime (and never been caught) that they should stop by their local police station, ask to speak to an officer, and make a full confession (after they have waived their Miranda Rights!).

Just my opinion.

Recommended sermon:

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

12 Signs of Extreme Social Decay in America That Are Almost Too Horrible to Talk About

12 Signs of Extreme Social Decay In America That Are Almost Too Horrible to Talk About - endoftheamericandream.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Hearts in America are getting colder even faster than the weather is.  Sometimes it is hard to believe how twisted and deranged many Americans have become...The Super Bowl has been called the 'largest human-trafficking venue on the planet' with many attending the event not to watch football but for sex with men, women and children."
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The Bible Says:

"And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold, but he that endereth to the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations, and then the end shall come." - Matthew 24:12-14


Friday, August 23, 2013

"Crime Doesn't Pay - But It Costs A Fortune!"

Taxpayer cost of housing NYC prisoners last year: $167,000 per inmate - NYPOST.com:

"Crime doesn’t pay — but it costs a fortune. The city spent about $167,000 per inmate last year and had 12,287 prisoners on an average day, according to the Independent Budget Office’s first-ever study of the Big Apple’s jails."

I read somewhere: "According to information provided by the state of Washington more than 90% of felony defendants were indigent at the time of their arrest." (I believe it was in the fall 2004 issue of Justice Matters, but I have not been able to find that published online).

There are a lot of blacks in prison, but that's not because police, judges and juries are racist. It has more to do with the fact that in America justice is for sale, and often the biggest criminals never see the inside of a jail or a prison!

"Laws are like spider webs: they catch the fly and let the hawk go free." (Source)

The following in a short excerpt from the article:  (Mark Levin Blasts Both Democrats and Gutless Republicans for the Destruction of this Country):

"You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine. What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail, with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and YES, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country, to your future, to your children and grandchildren! What they are doing is with malice and forethought."

Recommended reading:

Mean Justice: A True Account of A Town's Terror, A Prosecutor's Power, and A Betrayal of Innocence, by Edward Hume
In Contempt, by Christopher Darden (O.J. Simpson's prosecutor)
Without A Doubt, by Marcia Clark (O.J. Simpson's prosecutor)

Recommended sermon:

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

Friday, January 25, 2013

Woman Who 'Aborts' Her Child at 150 Weeks is 'Free At Last!'

'Insane Mother Who Confessed to Drowning Her 3 Year Old in 2010 is Free - But How?


"Initially deemed insane, a Stanislaus County judge now says she has regained her sanity, thus securing her freedom. Bingham admitted to killing her little girl three years ago in court and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 'I understand why people would be upset, but what you have to understand is a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, means not guilty,' University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Prof. John Meyers told CBS Sacramento.


Saturday, December 22, 2012

Sexual Assaults Up 23% at Military Academies, while Military Chaplains told not to Pray in Jesus' Name!

Military Academies Report Increase in Sexual Assaults - Washington Post

Pastor and military chaplain Willam J. Sturm talks about being a chaplain in today's military. Please take some time to check out these two podcasts:

How Can You Be an Army Chaplain?
Declined a Position Over Praying in Jesus' Name

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Mary had a little Lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The Lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day
When it wasn't against the rules.
He made the children laugh and play
To have the Lamb at school.

Then the rules changed one day
Against the law it became
To bring the Lamb of God to school
Or even speak His name.

Every day got worse and worse
And days grew into years
Instead of hearing children laugh
You heard them crying tears.

What must we do to stop the crime
That's in our schools [military] today?
Let the Lamb of God come back to school [military]
And teach our kids [soldiers] to pray!
-Author unknown

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Poor Little Fella: Norway Killer Doesn't Like Prison!

Norway killer slams prison conditions | The Daily Caller:

"Breivik killed 77 people in a car bombing and shooting attacks in Norway’s worst peacetime massacre. He was sentenced to 21 years [in prison]."

'via Blog this'

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Children Need Jesus Too

Cassidy Goodson Charged With First-Degree Murder for Killing Newborn Son ("A 14 year old girl in Polk County, Fla. was arrested Thursday for allegedly choking her newborn son to death and storing the body in a shoe box after she secretly gave birth in a bathroom at her home earlier this month.")

This poor child needs Jesus. She desperately needs Jesus. She needs to listen to good gospel preaching, like Jonathan Edwards sermon, God is very angry at the sins of children, their heart is naturally full of sin, and also Charles Haddon Spurgeon's A Sermon for the Worst Man (woman, boy, girl) on Earth.

When read this story, I thought about the time when the Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman to our Lord Jesus who 'was caught in adultery, in the very act." (John 8:1-11).  They reminded Jesus that the law demanded that she be stoned. Jesus said to them.,'He that is without sin among you cast the first stone"

After they left, Jesus asked the woman, "Where are thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?"

She answered him, '"No man, Lord."

Then  Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more."

And I pictured the self righteous (Westboro Baptist Type!) Christians, taking this 14 year old girl to Jesus and telling him what she had done. I like to think that Jesus would have said to her also, "Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin no more!"

I think our Lord Jesus is much more angry with the doctors and nurses who have murdered 50 million babies in the womb over the past 40 years, than he is with a 14 year old girl who at a desperate point in her life made a bad decision.


How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)