[link|http://news.bostonherald.com/editorial/view.bg?articleid=155834&srvc=home|it doesn't seem to be very effective either]...
Of the completed cases:
- 64% weren't worth prosecuting
- 9% were dismissed or acquitted
And out of 1329 convictions, 704 did no time and the median for 327 others was 28 days. Only 81 got over 5 years.
Ouch...
Given that you get 60-90 days for [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=266663|dumpster diving], one may wonder what those 1031 really were convicted for vs. arrested for :/
([link|http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/169/|Full report at Syracuse U])