[CindyDawg]

Actually IMO this is a good idea if there is follow up. Many people are in jail that should be out having to work and support their families. He needs to look at removing "felonies" that are handed out for just about everything these days if the ones released are going to have a chance for a good job though.

[DoughtyOne]

Cindy, have you ever asked yourself why crime has dropped dramaticly in the last decade? Tougher sentencing was the reason IMO. Now we're about to eliminate that tougher sentencing. Good idea?

[Scenic Sounds]

Actually IMO this is a good idea if there is follow up. Many people are in jail that should be out having to work and support their families. He needs to look at removing "felonies" that are handed out for just about everything these days if the ones released are going to have a chance for a good job though.

Yeah, I agree with you, but in the eighties, it was expedient for politicians to be irrational about crime. The idea was to legislate justice in individual cases and to take away the discretion of judges and even prosecutors - mandatory sentences were good for a lot of votes.

There were of course voices warning that this day would come, but no one listened. Mostly, we just lost a lot of money and we've got plenty of that in this country. ;-)

[robertpaulsen]

Release them on one condition -- they cannot leave the State of California.