http://news.yahoo.com/holder-proposes-changes-criminal-justice-system-040724234.html
While I was reading the article I had to double check that it wasn't from the Onion ha. Guess the Feds have been working a little to hard to lock up all those damn weed smoking minorities. Definitely a step in the right direction, but I found some of the statements made rather ironic.
""We need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, deter and rehabilitate — not merely to convict, warehouse and forget," Holder says in the speech he's scheduled to deliver Monday."
Holder said mandatory minimum sentences "breed disrespect for the system. When applied indiscriminately, they do not serve public safety. They have had a disabling effect on communities. And they are ultimately counterproductive."
Aren't we all glad it only took what, 40 years for them to realize all this??
(not even gonna start my rant on the judicial/prison system)
While I was reading the article I had to double check that it wasn't from the Onion ha. Guess the Feds have been working a little to hard to lock up all those damn weed smoking minorities. Definitely a step in the right direction, but I found some of the statements made rather ironic.
""We need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, deter and rehabilitate — not merely to convict, warehouse and forget," Holder says in the speech he's scheduled to deliver Monday."
Holder said mandatory minimum sentences "breed disrespect for the system. When applied indiscriminately, they do not serve public safety. They have had a disabling effect on communities. And they are ultimately counterproductive."
Aren't we all glad it only took what, 40 years for them to realize all this??
(not even gonna start my rant on the judicial/prison system)