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AngryDatayesterday at 1:11 AM0 repliesview on HN

Follow the money, easy payouts for cops and courts is where 95% of enforcement goes. Drug possession is an instant $1000 profit for the local law enforcement, and possibly much more. And if they are poor and challenge it, the extra court fees and court lawyer are also profitable.

Fighting private lawyers is what costs courts money and is why the wealthy get way less criminal punishment.