The same stupidity is on display in states that don't elect their judges or prosecutors.
The problem is that there is no incentive for actual justice. Neither the judge nor the prosecutor pay for the incarceration. Nor do they care for how long the individual is incarcerated.
Might be nice if they were given a limited number of years to distribute among their convicts. A little scarcity might to do the system some good.
That's brilliant!
Calculate the number of judge sentence years based on prison places, want harsher sentences build more prisons, tie the cost of incarceration directly to judges sentencing.
If you don't have representation you basically get shafted.
lots and lots of these