Highlights
Little was a serial offender, that much we know. After multiple arrests, Little didn’t serve a lot of prison time, which left him free to be a serial killer. Does the Little case have implications for criminal justice reform?
“It’s hard to fathom. I mean, how does someone get away with that…?”
Most crimes are not reported, most reported crime does not end in arrest, a sizeable percentage of those arrested are not prosecuted, the overwhelming majority of those prosecuted are plea-bargained to a lesser crime, most arrests for felonies do not get prison time and most violent offenders serve less than three years.