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1. chris_+(OP)[view] [source] 2017-08-02 19:51:49
Not everyone in prison is there because of violent crime.
replies(1): >>dmoy+k3
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2. dmoy+k3[view] [source] 2017-08-02 20:19:50
>>chris_+(OP)
Even stronger - the majority of people in prison are not there because of violent crime.
replies(2): >>jopsen+FD >>openas+7L
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3. jopsen+FD[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-08-03 02:22:52
>>dmoy+k3
Be careful about making the incarceration debate a non-violent offender issue.

The issue is more complicated: plea bargains, additive sentencing, predatory prosecution, lack of public defense, and many issues..

You Americans have a lot of things to fix, there is no simple solution.

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4. openas+7L[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-08-03 04:18:48
>>dmoy+k3
I don't think that's true: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/7/26/16008508/m... contains the statistic that 52.9% of state prisoners in the US are in there for a violent crime
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