JUSTICE SYSTEM TOO TOLERANT OF CRIMINALS

I was reading a recent article in the Mobile Register about two men
who were caught with meth and $12,000 worth of counterfeit money. I
also read that they only were put in jail for three days, and that
bothered me to know that this was the punishment they received.

These days, our system is very tolerant -- too tolerant, I'm afraid.
Three days in prison is not enough for someone with illegal
substances. The police incarcerate them for three days and, when they
post a $6,300 bond, they are set free. But $6,300 is a day's pay in
the drug business, and it might be worth spending three days in jail.

I recently polled a few of my seventh-grade friends at Semmes Middle
School to see if they felt the same way as I do. Four out of five
said they felt the same way. This bothered me to know that
seventh-grade boys and girls are worried about our police system,
too, because when seventh-graders notice something like that, it
should tell you something.

The police system of Mobile County has many good qualities, but there
is always room for improvement. This is one problem we need to
improve.

JORDAN JEMISON

Wilmer