I think it's going to be up to us, the members of the public, to effect change because, at the end of the day, elected officials' main concern seems to be getting re-elected, not protecting the public. Thus, there are competing interests involved. You and I, as members of the public, are more directly affected by violent criminals in our midst.
We need to increase accountability for elected officials within the criminal justice system. That may mean keeping track of how many offenders get slaps on the wrists for violent offenses so that when those lenient officials are up for re-election, we don't re-elect them. I hate to be cynical but I'm pretty sure if enough public officials got kicked out of office for not being tough enough on crime, things would start to change.
Something else that could be done is to conduct tests like the Mosaic test (created by Gavin de Becker, author of The Gift of Fear) on
every offender, once they are convicted so that we can identify those offenders most likely to commit violent offenses. The results of such a test could be taken into consideration as part of the pre-sentence investigation, and also when these offenders are up for parole. All offenders would have to be tested though because just because an offender hasn't committed a violent offense yet doesn't mean they won't do so in the future. Of course, many folks would take issue with such a sweeping approach but in my opinion, we're in desperate times and desperate times call for desperate measures. I for one am sick of seeing case after case of missing and murdered people, especially in situations where the murders could have been avoided, and fear that the situation will only continue to deteriorate unless we as a society change our approach drastically. JMO, MOO
https://www.mosaicmethod.com/[/ I agree and we could call this "MICKEY;S LAW"
