Marc Miller is quoted in this Dallas Morning News story about the scandalous treatment of murderers in Dallas County. 56 murderers in 5 years were sentenced to probation, representing 11% of all murders. Professor Miller is justly shocked that a "deferred adjudication" program, which keeps crimes off of one's records, is used not only for shoplifting and other trivial offenses, but for--get this--repeat murderers. The full multi-part series is here.
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