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To: Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; albertp; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; amchugh; ...
In the face of potential reforms, local Louisiana prosecutors are objecting vociferously to reductions in mandatory minimum sentencing....

Louisiana’s for-profit jails are a $143 million industry. Such a large economy has lead to ballooning employment of deputy sheriffs and corrections officers.


And therein lies your reason.



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4 posted on 07/11/2014 8:19:20 AM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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Fookin stoopit.

At this point in the war on drugs, it can be observed that is an abject failure and too many people are being incarcerated for behavior that injures no one.

Law enforcement targets users who do nothing to anyone.

It needs to end.


5 posted on 07/11/2014 9:04:14 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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