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To: Lane3 who wrote (121565)	6/22/2005 10:07:25 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793757

Have I given you my Judge Gallager rap yet? I fear I have, so I'll try to make it succinct. He used to be the Chief Judge in the General District Court in Prince William County. I asked him about his philosophy in sentencing. He told me that this is something he read, not something he thought up on his own, but thought it was good. I agree. Basically, there are three kinds of people who commit crimes, norps, slugs, and snakes. Norps are Normal Ordinary Respectable People who screwed up on Saturday night. It doesn't really matter what you do to a norp, he's going straight. You can give him a fine, a suspended sentence, community service, doesn't matter, you'll never see him again. Snakes are career criminals, the kind who spend their entire lives victimizing people. It doesn't matter what you do to a snake, it will never work, so what you do is max him out to keep him away from the rest of us. Slugs are the challenge. They're weak, have no backbone. If they hang out with good people, they're good. If they hang out with bad people, they're bad. So what you have to do with a slug is motivate him to stay away from bad people. Probably most of the people in Guantanamo are snakes. They can never be let go because -- well, you remember the old story about the guy who gave the snake a ride across the river. They can't help but bite, even if they drown, it's their nature. I would be interested in knowing how many people in Guantanamo would be let go if they were tried in the US for lack of evidence. Can we keep people locked up indefinitely just because they have a bad nature? If so, isn't that "thought crime"? AKA political prisoners, AKA prisoners of conscience? It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. It can't remain as it is forever. Next attack, though, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if internment camps were brought back for Muslims in general. I hope not, but that's my fear.