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Originally Posted by dissention
I hope you never get caught with a joint because those mandatory minimum laws apply to not only hardened drug criminals, but first time offenders, too.  |
There are lawmakers working to overturn that loser ass minimum sentence thing - it is assinine....
Also in response to what do you do about murders without the death penalty. As stated - it's really not a huge deterent to murder. I think as also stated people should work to
prevent murders and violent crime in the first place.
Rochester is trying to do that - we had the HIGHEST murder rate pre capita in New York State...that's not a good distinction....but in the last year - with a new prevention program - the murder rate has fallen 40% !!!
Also - sad but true - the vast majority of murder victims were black men between the ages of 18-35 - the murderers - also overwhelmingly black males - AND almost ALL of the murders took place in one concentrated area...
A very poor area with lots of drugs, poverty, crime etc......so they know where to start the focus.
Enter Operation Impact. If one guy commits a murder - everyone associated with that guy is targeted - (everyone with any criminal activity background of any kind...) It's proven effective - increased police visibility and the fact that these people know they're being watched and held accountable....
Also also stated more $$ needs to be poured into education and health - a lot of these criminals have mental issues - but if you don't have insurance and in some cases even if you do - mental health is not considered important....
Poverty and poor education I think are very much taking their toll
