Old 01-26-17, 04:20 PM
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Leisesturm
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But its ok to send some juvenile down for life for shoplifting in a three strikes you're out state? IMO vengeance is a far better reason to incarcerate people than profit. And don't think there isn't profit in Mass Incarceration. There are many ways to justify the "cost" of keeping men behind bars for decades for property crimes or non-lethal violence. Jobs for second rate medical professionals and new graduates looking to work of their med school debts. $40K/yr.+ wage opportunities for low attainment Americans of the right demographic. An unpaid ($0.45/hr is not a wage) labor force that is now in excess of 1M. That is larger than the entire U.S. Postal Service workforce. Most of these men (and women) have never taken a life, not by intention, by accident, or by carelessness. Don't get me started.
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