Ed Rollins

Ed Rollins, on Hardball, just said that people don't go to jail for stupidity (the discussion was the Plamegate case, of course). In my (limited) experience, the number one reason people go to jail is stupidity. Indeed, the top three reasons would be stupidity, mental illness, and substance abuse. Then would come more "conventional" explanations.

Btw, if I'm right, then deterence theories are doomed. (Incapacitation arguments may be helped, however.)