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datruesurfer t1_j96eb3o wrote

Reply to comment by SnapCrackleMom in Man arrested in Bucks County in connection with killing of Temple University police officer by MacKelvey

We need tougher judges across the board. This girl was killed in Manayunk a few years ago by her own father. But the whole thing started with a custody dispute in bucks county family court. Judge flat out ignored all the warning signs and granted unsupervised shared custody to a mentally unstable man.

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AbsentEmpire t1_j96mnzn wrote

Part of the problem is that judges have to weigh the avaliable space in prisons to comply with court orders about prison crowding.

The way we elect judges isn't good, and it results in people who should not be on the bench making terrible decisions, however it's also not entirely the fault of judges when bad outcomes happen due lack of available prison space.

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