Posted on 11/08/2004 5:08:50 PM PST by huac
"The continuing increase in the prison population, despite a drop or leveling off in the crime rate in the past few years, is a result of laws passed in the 1990's that led to more prison sentences and longer terms..."
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I am playing devils advocate just to see if the New York Times is really that dumb (I am sure they are). Thinking about it, is he trying to say that if the crime rate is dropping, less crimes are being committed, so there should be less criminals being arrested? This is the only time I will ever try to make sense of a liberal's comments.
---the NYT has done this story before, folks---several times---
Despite nominating left-wing, anti-defense candidates, the dem party continues to lose elections.
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