The Expense of Felonizing Our Populace

[Habib]

Reforming our inner-cities is more important than reforming our drug laws. However, new drug laws can be used to facilitate this.

[Frances Bavier]

I believe that leinency based on circumstances should be rare. This includes drug use, hate crimes, etc. Why you did it should have little to do with sentencing you for what you did.

 

Exactly.

 

Does this mean that you are a liberal, or that I am now a conservative?

 

 

Frances

[Diamond Dandy]

What are you going to propose if those "monitored by parole officers" continue to use drugs? In the majority of cases that is what will happen imo.

 

Jail time....they had their chance. That should be stressed when they are turned over to paroll. You will be tested, screw up once, you're in the big house. And your right, you would be locking a large percentage up.

[HHSDad]

Might as well lock up all the meth addicts. One hit and you're addicted for life. Chance of recovery, near zero.