Category: Vastly

‘U.S. SENTENCES ARE VASTLY, SHOCKINGLY LONGER THAN JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE ELSE’


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The desperation reflected in such transparently misleading arguments is a hopeful sign for those of us who agree with former Attorney General Eric Holder that “too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.” Bipartisan support for sentencing reform is stronger than at any point in recent memory, with the Obama administration and leading Republicans in both chambers of Congress united in viewing current penalties as excessively harsh. “I’ve long believed that there needs to be reform of the criminal justice system,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said last month. “We’ve got a lot of people in prison, frankly, who, in my view, really don’t need to be there.”Most Americans seem to agree. In an ACLU survey conducted last June, more than two-thirds of respondents said it is important to reduce the number of people behind bars, which includes about 2 million people in state prisons and county jails in addition to the 200,000 or so in federal prisons. The only thing preventing legislators from acting on that goal is bad arguments and the fear they inspire.

http://www.infowars.com/u-s-sentences-are-vastly-shockingly-longer-than-just-about-anywhere-else/