....”Either we are just more “criminally inclined” or there’s something wrong with our laws and justice system”...
Both.
We have a very large and very diverse population. Diverse populations always have higher crime rates.
Besides, 180k offenders in the entire US is nothing. GA, alone, has almost 88,000 in state prison. For the Feds to act like they are over crowded is a joke.
Ppl who are ignorant of how the system works have been telling me how great this is for several days now. They sound very naive to me, like children. One fella said that now, the guy he convicted for pot possession (as a jury member in State Superior court) could now get early release. He didnt even have a basic understanding of state court versus Fed court and that his man doesnt even fall under this Fed change bc he is a State inmate.