A website ranking judges by elo for the cases they dismiss in SF(sfcrime.pages.dev)
21 pointsby grand_larsony5 hours ago10 comments
  • DoctorOW2 hours ago
    A very important note about being charged with something, it's not evidence of guilt but rather an accusation. As an example, of all unsolved murders in the United States, I theorize that you the reader have committed all of them. How does it reflect on your local law enforcement, courts, etc. that you're not sentenced for these crimes?
  • simonw3 hours ago
    It would be useful if this site included a human-readable explanation of what terms like "Disposition: Diversion" compared to "Disposition: 871PC/No Sufficient Cause" meant.

    Or a clear definition of what the question "Which released charge sounds worse?" means.

    • qingcharles2 hours ago
      This site is dangerous, honestly. It's asking people to rate things that are outside of their domain knowledge. You might ask well ask me to rate the quality of control valves on the Space Shuttle based on part numbers.
  • darepublic3 hours ago
    To clarify.. we judge which charge is worse and the judges get a higher rating _for_ not releasing on the more serious crimes? Basically is a higher rating good or bad here. You'd think higher rating good but I was confused by the wording
    • qingcharles2 hours ago
      This is crazy, because two things:

      1) There is no way to see inside these cases; the charge might sound crazy on paper but could be a nothingburger in reality [1]

      2) Cases can be over-charged by cops and prosecutors since it is easier then to get a plea deal on a lesser charge when you are threatening the defendant with a large amount of prison time on a higher (unjustified) charge

      [1] Just one off the top of my head that I remember: Defendant was having a mental health episode while at his mother's house. She calls an ambulance. Police arrive first. They Tazer him. While he is on the ground being Tazer'd he grabs the bare skin of an officer and they receive an electric shock. Defendant's only charge is Aggravated Battery to a Peace Officer. It sounds really bad, but the case is obviously a lot more complicated than the name of the charge.

  • piloto_ciegoan hour ago
    This is really funny to me.
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  • qingcharles2 hours ago
    This is crap. Rating judges is a horrible task because it's hard for the public to make any kind of objective decision on whether a judge is doing a good job. If you ask the public what they want from a judge, I would assume most would say: detain as many persons as possible, find as many people guilty as possible, and sentence them for the maximum possible time.

    The reason judges go unopposed in elections, or get reelected until they die, is because the public doesn't have the knowledge to make informed decisions about these elections.

    Not all judges are elected, of course.

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  • cyanydeez3 hours ago
    some might think tamificarion of everything was actually prep for gambling on everything.
  • nathanmills4 hours ago
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    • MrLeap3 hours ago
      Wild thing to say. There's not enough information provided in these dockets for me to form an opinion whether or not any of these dismissals are warranted or unwarranted.

      Take a breath. Balance compassion for self and others.