"From the way the criminal justice process played out, it was transparently clear the city was far less interested in securing convictions than in clearing the streets," Mr. Presser said.
He pointed out patterns in the data, that rape and murder convictions were far less common in San Quentin than larceny and burglary charges.
The 21%percentt is telling because a "crime of passion" defense could have led to a voluntary manslaughter conviction which carries far less time than first degree or second degree murder.
Moreover, of the 3,959 women who are currently in prison in Britain, over eight in ten are inside for non-violent crimes, and are far less likely than male prisoners to have any previous convictions.
"I urge clients to use their experience as a selling point," he says, adding that most post-prison job hunters have to settle for positions with far less responsibility and pay than they had prior to their conviction.
These limitations would have mattered far less if the ballet had been danced with any sense of conviction or pleasure.
Many receive far, far less, if anything.
It adds up to far, far less.
Others felt far less rosy.
