The Money’s Gone
May 5th, 2008 at 6:28 am by Susie
You knew this would happen:
NEW YORK — Reversing decades of tough-on-crime policies, including mandatory minimum prison sentences for some drug offenders, many cash-strapped states are embracing a view once dismissed as dangerously naive: It costs far less to let some felons go free than to keep them locked up.
It is a theory that has long been pushed by criminal justice advocates and liberal politicians — that some felons, particularly those convicted of minor drug offenses, would be better served by treatment, parole or early release for good behavior. But the states’ conversion to that view has less to do with a change of heart on crime than with stark fiscal realities. At a time of shrinking resources, prisons are eating up an increasing share of many state budgets.
Legalizing pot would be a good first step. Check NORML’s website.
Republican “lock all the crooks up” meets “wah! I don’t wanna pay taxes!”
If they locked up all the crooks then 90% of the Republican politicians now walking around free would be behind bars.
what misfit said. end the war on [some people who use certain] drugs!
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good.