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Angry Pizza Man
Re: Mr. Ruth, consequences, and addiction Incarceration is not intended to be comfortable. Nor is it a benign "time out" or scolding. For someone like Mr. Ruth -- a fundamentally decent, intelligent young man -- it had to be a sobering, frightening experience. No one is the same after jail or prison. Even the “'rich man' justice" Mr. Dourson complains of did not preclude Mr. Ruth the dehumanizing, dangerous, and traumatic year in custody. Few people understand that the San Diego county jail system -- under the pressures of California prison realignment scheme -- is essentially as dangerous as any prison. Violence is the norm. A more balanced piece (i.e., less sensational, less TMZ.com-flavored) might have included more about Mr. Ruth's mental state past and present. If it is true the he is an addict, author Eva Knott might have added this profound fact: a person will do things under the influence of substances that he simply would not ever do sober, and that some consequences of these things cannot ever be erased or amended. Felonies are an example of this. Mr. Ruth cannot erase or amend this. Even in light last month's amendment of the "strikes" law, the two "strikes" the judge applied are profoundly serious business. Now he must rebuild a life, and no amount of wealth or preferential treatment will make the task easy.— December 20, 2012 12:32 a.m.