Harlow: Career Criminals Need Tougher Sentencing
The problem of career criminals committing burglaries and larcenies in Buckhead has warranted a call for stiffer sentencing from judges.
Zone 2 Community Prosecutor Tiffany Harlow, assigned to Buckhead by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office, used recent significant burglary and larceny arrests as a point for conversation about why career criminals remain roaming the street in Buckhead and elsewhere in Atlanta. Speaking at the recent NPU-B meeting, Harlow said that career criminals often end up back on the street because judges are too sparing. "We've had a problem lately with some of the judges being pretty lenient on punishment," she said. Harlow explained she used the recent arrests in Buckhead to produce recommendations to begin prosecuting these cases and take them "all the way." "We are not gonna take easy pleas anymore," she said. Burglaries have been …
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Michael Packer
4:16 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
JT, that is good to know. Crime stories always get a lot of views on Buckhead Patch, but I would prefer to live in a community that is as safe as possible. The police in Zone 2 do a great job, though. more ›