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What scares me about Right on

Donal — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:31:06 +0000

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What scares me about Right on Crime is that Newt talks about shifting responsibility for rehab away from prisons to other groups, such as schools and faith-based organizations.

One reason Right on Crime is

Richard Day — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:45:46 +0000

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One reason Right on Crime is needed is that taxpayers have not been getting a good return on their investment when it comes to criminal-justice spending, and historically few have held the system accountable for that — not even conservatives. In most cases, funding for prison facilities is allocated according to volume, rather than outcomes. In other words, more prisoners mean more money.

I supposed we could get more prisoners to work and produce things like license plates.

What does this statement mean? And this link has articles about how we should not investigate and bring charges against corporations.

At any rate I do not think these people at Right on Crime would go along with the plans of the new Georgia Governor. ha

This is woooonderful, DD!

seashell — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:15:00 +0000

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This is woooonderful, DD! I've also been reading where states may have to do away with the death penalty because they can't afford it.

Perhaps the most extreme example is California, whose death row costs taxpayers $114 million a year beyond the cost of imprisoning convicts for life. The state has executed 13 people since 1976 for a total of about $250 million per execution. This is a state whose prisons are filled to bursting (unconstitutionally so, the courts say) and whose government has imposed doomsday-level cuts to social services, health care, schools and parks. [NYT 9/27/09]

Check out RightOnCrime.com - and the signatures on this page. Logo: The Conservative case for reform: Fighting Crime, Prioritizing Victims, and Protecting Taxpayers.

Doesn't this sound like a page out of Karl Rove's playbook? Steal the other side's issues and make them a Republican solution? I'm with you that it doesn't matter where it comes from as long as something is done.

And on the other hand, there is this: Ignoring Her Own Clemency Board, Arizona Governor Keeps Innocent Man Behind Bars.