Like a sanctuary city
The guy has a point...if there out on the street after a couple of months or no jail time at all..
I used to say that you send the wrong message when Tyrone the local drug pusher is arrested and back on the street a week later. And you send the right message when Tyrone is arrested and, two years later, when asked, “what happened to Tyrone”, the answer is “He’s still got another two years in the slammer. Same thing happened to the guys that tried to replace him.”
When the word is out that you WILL get busted and you WILL do time, people are less likely to do it.