This is confusing. Are we too soft on criminals, or are we too harsh on criminals? Seems like I have been getting alternating and contradictory messages on this topic, on this list and elsewhere for years. One position states that we have a revolving door, give too many criminals a little slap on the wrist, and then let them back out on the streets. The other position states that we have one of highest, if not the highest, rates of incarceration in the entire world. Is one of these positions false, or is it possible to have a lenient revolving door, and at the same time have an extremely high incarceration rate? Do we simply have, compared to most of the world, an extremely large amount of crime and an extremely large number of criminals? Or do we have a bizarre dysfunction where a large number of the wrong people are being incarcerated, and at the same time, a large number of the wrong people are not being incarcerated?
Dave Stack, Harrison (where the cleanup of the Warden Oil superfund site may actually begin in a couple of months) > Jordan Kushner wrote: >> ... What is wrong with making life a little easier for a group that is much more harshly targetted by the criminal "justice" system? Minnesota and Hennepin County have among the highest racially disproporionate rates of African Americas in the system. >> TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
