wirsts to violent offenders. Do you really believe that the Waukesha murderer was atypical in terms of his pages-long rap sheet or the fact that he had just been released on bail? If so, you have no idea how our system works. There's a fine TedTalks video from a criminologist about this subject, explaining how we routinely let out violent offenders and keep nonviolent offenders behind bars. I think it's called "The Moneyball of Crime" or something like that. She did an exhaustive analysis of sentencing across the country.
And the people for whom you vote are the ones who pass legislation that allows judges to give ridiculously minimal sentences, to eliminate cash bail, and to appoint people in the prosecutor's offices whose express purpose is to keep as few people behind bars as possible. Own your votes!