Monday, November 26, 2007

crime and punishment

I don't believe in our justice system.
that is, I think if it is any semblance of consistent or organized,
it is systematically unjust.

I don't believe that non-violent individuals, particularly those imprisoned for drug related offenses, ought to be punished in the manner utilized currently.
I don't like any part of our system, who is arrested, how, and what for. But I see that people who I consider upstanding, being imprisoned, and this I think is ridiculous.Nearly 1 in 4 of the inmates in federal and state prisons are there because of drug-related offenses, most of them nonviolent.
The grounds on which we do this are seeded in racism and class wars, as far as I understand.

Earlier I saw a few articles which I thought were pretty well done, and at least seem to offer some context.


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