Mr. Sunshine
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If we decriminalize a bunch of stuff, the problems will go away.
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This is a whole lot of number soup, but: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/rprts05p0510pr.cfm.
Basically, almost 70 percent of prisoners in the study were rearrested within 3 years; and 77 percent were rearrested within 5 years. However, the longer they'd been free, the less likely they were to commit more crimes.
If you and Tony think a hard stance on dangerous drugs and the people who peddle them is necessary and warranted, should we be sending more doctors and Big Pharma executives to prison since millions of people in this country are addicted to and abusing prescription drugs?
Do we really want pill mills in our neighborhoods?
I will hang up and wait for your answer.
If we decriminalize a bunch of stuff, the problems will go away.
If you and Tony think a hard stance on dangerous drugs and the people who peddle them is necessary and warranted, should we be sending more doctors and Big Pharma executives to prison since millions of people in this country are addicted to and abusing prescription drugs?
Do we really want pill mills in our neighborhoods?
I will hang up and wait for your answer.
I'd be interested to see it broken down by age of release, as well. It's my understanding that people age out of crime at a certain point.
I'd be interested to see it broken down by age of release, as well. It's my understanding that people age out of crime at a certain point.
I'd be interested to see it broken down by age of release, as well. It's my understanding that people age out of crime at a certain point.
Some of them would.
There is still alcoholism, for example. But not too many Al Capones running around murdering people over it.
Recidivism rates declined with age. Within five years of release, 84 percent of inmates who were age 24 or younger at release were arrested for a new offense, compared to 79 percent of inmates ages 25 to 39 and 69 percent of those age 40 or older.
Maybe I'm crazy, but those all sound really high. These are the people we want to let out sooner?
What's that going to do to crime rates, to our court system?
They're going to be right back in jail unless we just stop deciding to send them to jail.