Victim advocacy groups would certainly agree with you in certain types of cases especially domestic violence issues. Having said that though, why shouldn't a judge have the flexibility of lower sentences if the perp pleads guilty and saves the state the cost of a jury trial? And for the same reasons, why shouldn't a prosecutor have some discretion in offering lesser charges?
Providing a pathway to legalization for some illegals is simply an extension of that flexibility. And yes, I understand the emotions surrounding immigration, but I believe it will happen, and if the GOP doesn't participate in a reasonable fashion, either Obama will find ways to legalize many who shouldn't be, and/or we continue to have millions unidentified, living off of crime and the state.
You really have to look no further than the records of repeat offenders to see where that "flexibility" is a very crappy idea. A very large number of these criminal acts are committed by people that are no strangers at all to the "criminal justice system".
The very same thing applies to AMNESTY. These people have a long history and established habit of flouting our laws. It doesn't just stop with ILLEGALLY (what part of this word is so damned hard to understand?) crossing our borders.
There is an existing pathway to citizenship that is perfectly acceptable. There is no reason or justification to kick the people that have come to this country according to that legal path, in the balls, just to appease some damned lawbreakers, is there?
Take a good hard honest look at what the motivation for this AMNESTY discussion is in the first place and then tell me that it doesn't make you sick to your stomach. Granting AMNESTY is not going to help the GOP Establishment at the polls one little bit. It will not result in Libtards and/or the Media Maggots liking the GOP Establishment at all. You can put that in the bank.
AMNESTY will have no positive outcome what-so-ever and that is a FACT.