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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
But i think this is already acknowledged as a huge problem in the system and obviously things have to change as mandatory sentencing and taking the power out of judges hands to use their own discretion has put everyone in these positions.
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You can thank Reagan for that.
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
And it seriously is not fair to say that low level drug offenders are treated as murderers. There are minimum security prisons, medium security prisons, maximum security prisons and supermax prisons with people being also separated within those systems. It's not accurate to say everyone is treated the same.
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In my state it is perfectly legal for anyone over 21 to grow marijuana and to make hashish from that marijuana. The next state over in Oklahoma the same offense is life in prison for a first offense. Do you think they put those people in minimum security camps? I should also mention in Oklahoma child rapists only get 1 year behind bars.