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Originally Posted by dellinger63
That's 5% and 27% of prisoners incarcerated on drug charges not of the prison population as a whole. Since 20%* of the prison population is in for drug related crimes those numbers are actually 1% and 5.4%. Considering a good deal of possession with intent cases get plead down to simple possession those numbers are even less.
The Supreme Court ordered california to reduce its population by 23% so some real bad guys are definately going to be released. The Supreme Court has ruled the rights of criminals trump the safety of society. Specifically the poor of society as most of the released will return to poor neighborhoods.
Looked up State of CA prison records for new admissions in 2010. Only 0.2% or 119 men and 5 women were admitted for marijuana possession and 729 total went in for possession with intent to sell. 58,743 total were admitted.
* http://www.slate.com/id/2211585/
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Resea...CHAR1d2010.pdf |
marijuana possession is the least of the drug problems / arrests. Pot possession is in the state's best interest, fine the crap out of the person (leaving them in great financial stress), and let them survive on their own when jobs dont want to hire them.
If somebody gets caught with crack cocaine do you not think they are getting a sentence? If someone has one vicoden that is not prescribed to them in FL, it is a felony. Felony for every pill. I think it is immoral to treat someone who has a drug addiction as a criminal. and a huge waste of money to treat said individual as a criminal.
Yeah, I think a majority of that 5% and 27% do not belong there.