Howie Carr Quotes
The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small.
Carr, Howie. Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano. Forge Books, 2011.
Many like Black were concerned that prosecutors had the power to decide who would be charged, with what crimes, what penalties to ask for, and even able to start or end investigations of private citizens and politicians. By overcharging they are able, if they choose, to intimidate many people into pleading guilty, even for crimes that the never committed, in order to avoid taking a chance and possible have a very long jail sentence. Thus they were the most powerful people in the legal system, and had more power and less accountability, checks and balances of any public figures except perhaps for Federal Judges.
This is a paradoxical aspect of the parole system. If someone is granted parole, they must agree to state supervision of them for as long as the state deems it important. Random drug tests, access to their bank accounts, reporting any gang member may may contact and reporting to the parole board periodically are but 4 examples of the kind of supervision that can be required, So if a perceived dangerous criminal is considered too risky for parole after say ¾ of his sentence has been served, her serves the other ¼ and then is totally free and may not be supervised. He can move wherever he wants, do any kind of work he wanted and hank out with whoever he wants and the state can do nothing. If he had been granted parole he could be monitored and supervised as long as the state thinks it necessary.
Howard Louis Carr Jr. is an American conservative radio talk-show host, political author, news reporter and award-winning writer. He hosts The Howie Carr Show originating from his studios in Wellesley, MA and broadcast on weekdays on WRKO in Boston as well as to an audience based in New England, in addition to writing three columns a week for the Boston Herald.
