If, as the Attorneys Say…

Rich Tucker / January 14, 2008

… difficult cases make bad law, get ready for some more awful law(s) in the lawyer-saturated District of Columbia.

The case in question is a grisly one. Last week a woman was found living with the corpses of her four dead daughters. The wheels of justice turn slowly, but will eventually determine whether Banita Jacks was guilty of the crime and, if so, what her punishment ought to be.

It would be tempting to dismiss this case as one of those awful things that happen from time to time. But there’s a larger lesson here, too. This case provides an indictment of the liberal welfare state.

The District of Columbia is perhaps the most liberal municipality in the nation. People there depend on “the government” to keep them “safe.” (more…)