Life Sentences For Petty Crimes
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- Published on Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:02
- Written by AFA
According to a recently released report by the ACLU, more than 3,200 people were serving life in prison without parole for nonviolent crimes. Most of these crimes were minor drug related offenses, others were petty crimes. A big part of the problem is mandatory sentencing guidelines for repeat offenders. This alone accounted for 83% of the life sentences.
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