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To: PROCON
But over the last few decades, we’ve also locked up more non-violent offenders than ever before, for longer than ever before. That’s the real reason our prison population is so high.

Bullsht. I grew up in a poor family and about 20 years ago I lost everything in a stupid stock investment at exactly the same time I lost my job which resulted in me getting into massive debt and then being evicted from my apartment after which I lived out of my car for a year. Let me tell you, being unemployed and homeless I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, but not ONCE did I ever break a law or even think about it, not even shoplifting when I was living on bananas and boiled spaghetti everyday. If someone is in jail, guess whose fault it is? I could give one rats ass if 500k were in 30 years ago or 2.2 million are in jail now. There's a special formula to staying out of jail. It's called DON'T BREAK THE LAW. It's worked wonders for me.

19 posted on 10/17/2015 11:00:35 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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Good on you!

26 posted on 10/17/2015 11:07:19 AM PDT by PROCON (A proud CRUZader.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“...not ONCE did I ever break a law...”

Possible but doubtful. I’ve read there are too many laws and we can’t know what they all are and that’s one of the complaints about the justice system; people get in trouble for doing something they had no reasonable way of knowing they’d get in trouble for.

“...or even think about it...”

That’s another thing I’ve read about. For a lot of the laws (especially newer ones) you don’t have to think about breaking the law, you don’t have to have the intent of breaking a law. The act itself is enough whether you knew anything about the law or not.


39 posted on 10/17/2015 11:45:21 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Unless living out of your car was a crime (badoom tish)

BTW how did you boil the spaghetti. On the exhaust manifold?


54 posted on 10/17/2015 1:35:10 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

How’d you boil spaghetti while living in your car?


62 posted on 10/17/2015 9:37:31 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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