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26 Sep 2014, 2:46 pm

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/cali ... r-consent/

It's a start, but IMO, it's not going to do much to help with overcrowded prisons.


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26 Sep 2014, 3:01 pm

It is shocking that it has taken this long for this ruling from the state. I would like to know how how hard it is to reverse the operation.


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27 Sep 2014, 6:12 pm

And so ends the last breath of eugenics.


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27 Sep 2014, 6:13 pm

And so ends the last breath of eugenics.


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27 Sep 2014, 8:23 pm

If I recall, it wasn't legal when they did it. The word got out, they got reprimanded and then the prisons attempted to take the issue to court and the court struck them down.



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02 Oct 2014, 9:49 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
And so ends the last breath of eugenics.


Really?? I think you are rather optimistic...


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02 Oct 2014, 11:57 am

BuyerBeware wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
And so ends the last breath of eugenics.


Really?? I think you are rather optimistic...


Then let's say I hope.


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03 Oct 2014, 2:19 am

Maybe they should also try to figure out why there are so many people in jail in the US compared to just about anywhere in the world, instead of complaining of "an overcrowded prison system".



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03 Oct 2014, 9:49 am

trollcatman wrote:
Maybe they should also try to figure out why there are so many people in jail in the US compared to just about anywhere in the world, instead of complaining of "an overcrowded prison system".


A big part of that is due to the idiotic practice of sending mostly black kids to prison for just a few ounces of pot - - and with a record, they're future is pretty well shot after that, leaving them little choice but to commit actual criminal offenses in order to survive. Thus putting them into the prison system's revolving door, and building up said prison population.


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03 Oct 2014, 10:09 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
trollcatman wrote:
Maybe they should also try to figure out why there are so many people in jail in the US compared to just about anywhere in the world, instead of complaining of "an overcrowded prison system".


A big part of that is due to the idiotic practice of sending mostly black kids to prison for just a few ounces of pot - - and with a record, they're future is pretty well shot after that, leaving them little choice but to commit actual criminal offenses in order to survive. Thus putting them into the prison system's revolving door, and building up said prison population.


But there is no reason to continue doing this, since it's obviously not working. You'd expect people to stop a policy when it has clearly failed. They could just look at how they deal with crime in other countries, there is no need to lock up so many people. It's probably more expensive in the long run to lock them up than it is to give them an education and support so they don't slip back into crime or "crime" (like having weed).
In many European countries they have much shorter sentences, and they don't have more crime. You'd expect politicians to copy succesful policies from other countries instead of continuing with failed policies.



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03 Oct 2014, 3:37 pm

trollcatman wrote:
Kraichgauer wrote:
trollcatman wrote:
Maybe they should also try to figure out why there are so many people in jail in the US compared to just about anywhere in the world, instead of complaining of "an overcrowded prison system".


A big part of that is due to the idiotic practice of sending mostly black kids to prison for just a few ounces of pot - - and with a record, they're future is pretty well shot after that, leaving them little choice but to commit actual criminal offenses in order to survive. Thus putting them into the prison system's revolving door, and building up said prison population.


But there is no reason to continue doing this, since it's obviously not working. You'd expect people to stop a policy when it has clearly failed. They could just look at how they deal with crime in other countries, there is no need to lock up so many people. It's probably more expensive in the long run to lock them up than it is to give them an education and support so they don't slip back into crime or "crime" (like having weed).
In many European countries they have much shorter sentences, and they don't have more crime. You'd expect politicians to copy succesful policies from other countries instead of continuing with failed policies.


You'd think, but you'd be giving the people running the judicial system too much credit for intelligence.


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