Regulatory Prosecutions Destroy Lives
By Bob Small
Sometimes Scott of Vermont sends me an article that one just has to dig into and Government Overcriminalization Catches Unwary Americans is one of them.
The House Judiciary Committee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, April 20, heard testimony on Overreach: An examination on Federal Statutory and Regulatory Crimes.
Brett Tolman of Right On Crime has a simple solution.
Tolman wants the Biden administration to reinstate Donald Trump’s Executive Ordern Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform.
Regulatory overreach is happening.
Yes, according to Alec.org.
Consider the Oregon landowner who spent a month in jail and got a $1500 fine for collecting rainwater on his property; and the Kentucky couple who got three years probation and a $5,000 fine for setting a net on the wrong side of a river to acquire caviar for their caviar business.who had all the necessary permits to run their caviar business
And then there was the Michigan mom who faced a 90-day jail sentence for running an illegal daycare because she watched her friends’ kids while they waited for the school bus. “
Abner Shoenwetter was charged with smuggling when the veteran seafood importer agreed to buy lobsters from a usual supplier. He served six years in prison because of a violation that was not a violation!
And for even more extreme punishments — death is pretty extreme — see We Spend $296 Billion Each Year On A Justice System concerning the stories of Philandro Castile, George Floyd, and Duante Wright whose crimes were a broken taillight, a counterfeit $20 bill, and an expired plate.
The Mercatus Center makes three main points Quantifying Overcriminalization in Federal Law “There has been a significant increase in the number of federal criminal statutes and regulations over the past three decades.”
They also note that these federal laws override the principles of Federalism by superseding state and local laws. By the way, we have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Just saying.
Politico in The Overcriminalization of America mentions five suggestions, in this 2015 article. The second one is to “address prosecutorial abuses”. Guess we’re still working on that.
See also The Ongoing Problem of Over-Criminalization in America and Six Questions About Overcriminalization – Annual Reviews..
Regulatory Prosecutions Destroy Lives
George Floyd did much more than pass a fake twenty. Much, much more. He was a career criminal. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
That said the real counterfeiting operation is The Federal Reserve and the real criminals are Congress allowing the alphabet soup agencies to remain fully funded and unchecked to cause havoc across the nation and ruin citizen’s lives.
This ends when we end it. The People still have all the power and the Constitution is still the law of the land but this is the most complacent and cowardly generation of Americans to ever exist. The so called 3% is more like 0.03% now.
Trump wasn’t convicted because of evidence he was convicted by a jury who was intimated into compliance. Not one Patriot on that jury who stood up and said ENOUGH!
I predict mass arrests this summer when Tet 2.0 begins stateside, and it won’t be the illegal invaders getting arrested. Thank the liberal feminist Mexico just “elected” as their President and that rat Mayorkis. Just don’t pay attention to the fact that over 35 Mexican Presidential candidates were murdered.
Wake up America.