Lack of funding for prosecution serves two purposes. It cuts budgets, dampens the strength of laws and reduces the inmate population. So, the idea prosecution is an option to stop gun violence in the USA is unrealistic.
By John Cheves
January 18, 2012
FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear would spare the state Corrections Department and public defenders in his next two-year budget while further cutting money for prosecutors, the Kentucky State Police and the court system.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Beshear said he's encouraged by early cost-saving trends from the criminal reforms enacted by the 2011 General Assembly. House Bill 463 was expected to shrink prison and jail populations and save an estimated $42 million a year, in part by shifting non-violent drug offenders into addiction treatment and community supervision.
As a result, the state's population of incarcerated felons should drop to 19,141 by Fiscal Year 2014 instead of rising to 22,011, Beshear said....
