Sympathy for Sheldon Silver: We can’t solve problems by putting people in cages

FILE- In this Jan. 22, 2015 file photo, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver leaves a federal courthouse in New York. (AP Photo/) (Credit: AP/Seth Wenig, File)
It’s hard not to enjoy a corrupt politician in handcuffs, the refreshing spectacle of the mighty brought low in a country whose rampant unfairness is nowhere more pronounced than in the criminal justice system. It’s entertaining too. And so my first thought, after disgraced former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Si