Soft on crime in Western countries is a very serious and regrettable issue! More innocent citizens or businesses become victims of crime as a consequence!
This is a serious perversion of criminal justice!
I don't think the state of Minnesota is an exception, but at least one think tank located in this state investigates the issue of soft on crime persistently.
"... In 2021, Minnesota judges failed to sentence criminal defendants to prison in 46 percent of the cases in which a “presumptive” commitment to prison was recommended by the guidelines. This represents a new record high percentage of dispositional departures for the fourth consecutive year.
Particularly troubling is the case types that some of the highest departure rates came from — 2nd Degree Assault (shooting someone), Threats of Violence, Failure to Register as a Predatory Offender, Motor Vehicle Theft, Burglary, and Felony DWI — all well over 50 percent. ..."
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