If the state had built more prisions, as they appropriated funding for, this wouldn't be an issue. But then, if the justices had looked at current data instead of what the status was at the time of the original filing, the outcome might have been different as well.
::michael On May 24, 2011 10:23 AM, "Ricardo Aráoz" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/05/2011 06:38 p.m., Stephen Russell wrote: >> State has to release 40-50 THOUSAND inmates due to over crowding. >> >> Do they just work up the sentence grade? All class E with the last >> name starting with "W" please step forward. >> > > As with most things in life, the crucial thing here is not the answer > but *the question*. > > I would first wonder why are there so many inmates in your state. Then > I'd get the state's population say 100 years ago and the amount of > inmates in those times and get a curve of % of inmates versus time (in > years). That might show interesting things. > Then I'd ask myself : > What's wrong? Is capitalism not working? Is it democracy the culprit? Is > it justice? Or is it the US society as a whole? > > Because you see, the stupid behaviour is not to release 50thou inmates > alphabetically. The really stupid behaviour is to build more prisons > without asking what's wrong. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
