Paid a stipend to not commit a crime.

[Benton]

(02-03-2016, 08:20 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: I am with you on something needs to be done.   But how about reforms on how we sentence..  Instead of treating them like a bunch of morons.

that would be a better place to start. A guy busted for selling pot and serving a life sentence is absurd. That plays into that mindset of incarceration is part of life. Especially for someone who's option is selling pot to college kids making 30$ an hour or working at McDonald's for 7$ an hour.