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Should Prosecutors Pursue Minor Crimes?
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The Cost of Prosecution
A new prosecutor in Dallas County, a former state judge was elected and said, we're not going to prosecute Mr. Meener Theft up to $750. When he was reelected last year, he then announced, I'm rescinding that policy. He had gotten terrific blowback from businesses, from citizens who saw video of people doing shoplifting. Kyle Salmon: How many tickets would one person have to get before it went back to being a real crime? Paul Butler: If you don't work on those root causes, if all you have is the handcuffs, then yeah, you're going to use the handcuffs.
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