The feds can hit them with charges they won't walk away from quickly. No parole, minimum sentences and must serve 85%. Jefferson County courts have some very weak judges if they decide not to or there's no federal crime involved. They should be charging for PFO every time its possible. If you need a reason, think back to when LPD was locking up fools for every felony possible and how fes murders there were. That child would probably be alive if Chief Dotson's strategy was in use today instead of