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Re: Excellent news!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:10:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Thomas Stangl wrote:
> Dave Schuler wrote:
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> > You mentioned the issue of resources. I don’t have the figures in front of me,
> > but the cost of supporting a criminal for a full life-sentence is considerably
> > less than the cost of prosecuting that same criminal through the entirety of his
> > appeals process. This would also have the advantage of allowing for corrective
> > action if the criminal is later found to be innocent.
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> Either one, however, is obscenely expensive. And getting moreso. Meanwhile, the
> penal system gains more and more power in voting blocs, etc. And lawmakers make
> more things felonies that shouldn't be.
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> You know, if a chunk of my taxes weren't going to house felons, I'd be less upset
> about it. But I bust my #$@ to pay my housing, food, and clothing costs, it cheeses
> me that I'm paying theirs too.
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> How about we start working felons 8-16 hours/day to actually pay their costs? If
> found innocent later, they can sue for the backwages. If I have to work for my
> housing, make them work for their, even if it is forced.
We do work them. The vast majority of prisoners in the penal system participate
in some sort of work program, be it washing dishes, road side trash detail, or
whatnot. But, as with everything in prison, work is a priviledge and there is
always a small minority that have this priviledge taken away for whatever
reason.
-Orion
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