10-05-2017, 11:26 AM
(10-05-2017, 09:18 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Yeah if your prisons are overcrowded, the violent offenders get out last.
Do some research on California's AB109 program. It releases "non-violent" offenders early to reduce prison overcrowding. Who could argue against such common sense measures such as releasing "non-violent" offenders early? Except here is what people aren't told, one might think intentionally, the "non-violent" designation is determined by the charge they are currently incarcerated for. So a two time rapist in prison for burglary is released early because he's a "non-violent" offender. A guy with multiple charges of assault with a deadly weapon in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell is a "non-violent" offender. Lots of these "non-violent" offenders have a very violent past.
This is why, when I hear cries from politicians to protect the public from law abiding gun owners I have to concentrate on not throwing up in my mouth at the insane levels of duplicity and hypocrisy on display.