A sad fact of the US prison system is how much money we are pissing away every year on non-violent drug offenders.
On 6/19/06, Dana wrote: > > yeah but they are saying that is the way it *should* be, not that this is > the way it is: > > "More than 7,000 people are doing three-strikes sentences in California > prisons, while an additional 35,000 are serving longer sentences as well > under the law's two-strike provisions. Of those 7,000 three-strikers, more > than 4,000 are, like Rash and Parsons, people whose third strikes were > nonviolent, including more than 1,200 sentenced for drug offenses. " > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209761 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
