“Its inmate count increased 16% between 2010 and 2020 even as such numbers nationally fell by nearly a fourth”
Be interesting to see the demographic change for those ten years.
Funny how you don’t see Nebraska in the top states with victims of “gun crimes”.
Maybe one has something to do with the other?
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It is obvious that the new laws are a success at getting dangerous criminals off the streets and behind bars.
For some reason, the Omaha Herald is unhappy about that.
Hopefully there aren’t a lot of people charged and convicted on these phony assault weapon laws.
You don't say?
Kinda looks like locking up violent criminals is working in Nebraska while other states that are giving criminals a slap on the wrist are seeing an increase in violent crime.
They could always go one step further and deport any inmate who cannot provide proof of citizenship. After all, why does Nebraska need to feed house and clothe people who should even be in Nebraska?
NYC is reducing crime statistics by charging felony crimes as misdemeanors and pushing deferral programs. Will this make NYC residents safer?
Tent cities, pink underwear, bologna sandwiches and non stop loop on the speakers of Hillary and Camel Uh cackling
Guns are the worst thing in the world unless certain people get locked up for them.
Great news! Somebody is sane around here!
To be sure, it’s not just offenders sentenced under the 2009 gun law who are filling up Nebraska’s prisons. Numerous other factors contribute to Nebraska’s nation-leading incarceration growth.
Research has consistently shown the certainty of being arrested is a vastly more powerful deterrent than punishment.
It is the arresting, not the punishment. sure, it is.
The kinds of gang-related shootings that sparked the gun crackdown in 2009 continue — including the death last month of a 14-year-old Omaha girl. Overall, however, trends for homicides and shootings in Omaha have been down in recent years.
Every article has an agenda, learn to read closely.
WTH kind of reasoning is this.
In article it says research shows the threat of being arrested is a greater deterrent than threat of punishment?
Who writes this crap?
Expect this headline, if it’s not already out there:
“Crime down in Nebraska despite substantial increase in prison population”
Traffic drugs on I80, jail ! We have teams that concentrate on that and that alone.
“It’s not acceptable anymore, for political reasons, or any reason, to simply address a problem by putting people in prison for long periods of time,” Ashford said.
This is the concluding statement of the article.
A good time to move to Nebraska.
Note a few things here:
1. They don’t give a reason why the laws were toughened. In light of that, I’ll give the reason - the feds were NOT putting people away, and neither were judges in LaHood.
2. They hit the government from the Right, by implying this is a waste of money...basically saying that keeping violent felons separated from society is a money wasted. Hitting from the right in terms of money spent is a common tactic for the Left when they know any other approach will backfire.
3. They don’t give any context on the amount of money being spent. Nebraska is a big state, the cost of the new jail is a pittance.
4. They don’t mind showing us how the jails are being emptied throughout the country, but they don’t seem very interested in showing what is concurrently happening with crime rates.
But, as I always say, THEY OWN THE MEDIA, so THEY can do as they please.
My opinion on this depends on what exactly those gun crimes are.
Having one?
Having one in your car?
Not having a trigger lock?
Or is it actually stuff like robbing people while pointing a gun at them.