Posted on 10/11/2015 9:20:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON (AP) — A push to overhaul criminal sentencing is prompting the early release of thousands of federal drug prisoners, including some whom prosecutors once described as threats to society, according to an Associated Press review of court records.
About 6,000 inmates are due to be freed from custody in the coming month, the result of changes made last year to guidelines that provide judges with recommended sentences for specific crimes. Federal officials say roughly 40,000 inmates could be eligible for reduced sentences in coming years.
Many of them are small-time drug dealers targeted by an approach to drug enforcement now condemned by many as overly harsh and expensive. But an AP analysis of nearly 100 court cases also identified defendants who carried semi-automatic weapons, had past convictions for robbery and other crimes, moved cocaine shipments across states, and participated in international heroin smuggling....
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Of course Obama wants them released - more Democratic voters and to he** with the safety of the American public. This man has unleashed horror upon this great nation. May God forgive him, because I can’t.
Let's see, how will he use those haircutting skills in a landscaping business...?
I've got it! Topiary!
soetoro: So little time, so much damage to be done!
I hate to say it but I don’t like topiary.
I like the natural look better.
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If they are non-violent with only drug possession charges, it is better to reduce their sentences than bill the taxpayers $40,000 per inmate.
If there are 6000 such inmates, that would save $240,000 per year.
But they’re not non-violent, hence the article. Welcome to Free Republic.
Check your math.
Thanks. Looks like I missed some zeroes there.
That would be $240,000,000.
Some are non violent. If they are non violent, cut them loose and don’t waste the money to keep them in federal prison.
Many aren’t.
Do you honestly think there are huge numbers of "non-violent with only drug possession charges" inmates in jail? What judge would even do that?
There are. Mandatory minimum sentences imposed by Congress have tied the judges' hands.
You must be talking about Connecticut’s “Risk Reduction Earned Credit program”....where stupid, stupid Gov Malloy let out 3K violent convicted felons into the streets.
http://patch.com/connecticut/durham/suzio-to-gov-malloy-suspend-early-release-law
No, this is Lord Obama releasing 6,000 prisoners.
Justice Department set to free 6,000 prisoners, largest one-time release
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3345484/posts
Obama and other Rats lie. They are releasing trash who may or may not be violent. No way to know until the damage is done.
Geezus!
And all these felons have plea-bargained the possession of a weapon and unregistered gun charges.
When I was in the joint, I thought a whole bunch of the violence was over drugs. Not all of it, but a good bit of it.
My curiosity question about the releasees, how many converted to Islam while in prison?
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