Comments on official state media for a secessionist republic of one2024-01-20T23:00:14Z/feed/WordPressBy: Melanie gallagherMelanie gallaghertag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-821472013-02-17T04:40:06Z2013-02-17T04:40:06ZI lovs u kyle 13 years Later And your The best husband And father any women could ask for
]]>By: MikeMiketag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-17352006-09-22T01:15:25Z2006-09-22T01:15:25ZWhat is so hard to figure out if everyone,including judges,is against laws that put nonviolent drug offenders in prison instead of trying to help them why can’t we change these laws? Alot of people fall under “habitual offenders” and must serve manditory minimums for as long as life in prison, while rapists, child molestors, and murderers get out early due to overcrowding because of these laws,and Alabama prisons remain overcrowded.DUH ..I can’t believe they would even think that building new prisons will solve this problem.I personally know of a person who beat a man to death with a baseball bat and was sentenced to a year and a day. His friend who’s idea it was to kill the man got eight years and my friend who the killer had told about the murder almost got ten years but got out of it finally,after almost ruining his life. Now I have a close friend who has a problem with drugs and has just been convicted under this habitual offender law. She is awaiting sentencing but the judge says she will get life in prison and that he doesn’t agree but his hands are tied. This girl has never hurt anyone, and is as nice a person as you will ever meet. I doubt she will make it in prison unless she gets alot meaner…is that justice.If we can’t leave sentencing up to the judges why are they here.If this is fair then anyone who breaks any law should be put in prison.I know that’s not justice but it makes about as much sense as what they’re doing now. Maybe we can build a wall around the U.S. and call it a prison.I feel freedom is a word that is getting hard to define.I don’t know about everyone else but I would rather know that I have a neighbor who is using drugs, than a paroled murderer or child molestor who is free or on parole because his sentence wasn’t a “mandatory minimum”,and is probably only free to make room for someone who had some weed or something.This is ridiculous and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out.
]]>By: RobinRobintag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-10522005-10-03T15:54:58Z2005-10-03T15:54:58ZARE YOU KIDDING ME?
]]>By: Natalie WatsonNatalie Watsontag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-9062005-05-04T23:04:26Z2005-05-04T23:04:26ZI think we should develop a drug treatment program that judges could sentence 1st time non-violent drug offenders to for two years or more that would provide drug treatment, counseling, and an enviornment that would promote family support. We could make it work release to the offenders could pay their own medical bills as well as learn to become a more productive part of society. This would cut down on the prison overcrowding and also repeat offenders of drug crimes which would save us more money in the long run. We need to do something to fix the problem instead of trying to throw them away in prison where they are forgotten by society.
]]>By: Justin SchuilingJustin Schuilingtag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-7762005-03-01T00:39:44Z2005-03-01T00:39:44ZI know that this post is a quite bit late. I just read your post about your husband. My heart goes out to you and your husband. There is NO reason he should be in jail for that crime. How is that helping him to rehabilitate? I currently writing a paper on prison overcrowding in the U.S. This is a perfect example of how screwed up the justice system is in this country.
]]>By: Bernardo BidiroBernardo Bidirohttp://seattletimes.comtag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-4362004-05-04T07:30:22Z2004-05-04T07:30:22ZLike Kayla Bangs above, I am researching prison overcrowding, but for debate class, not government. I’m supposed to argue that we need more prisons. I personally am open to alternatives to prison, so long as they encourage offenders not to do it again. That’s the point, isn’t it? Change behavior.
]]>By: KimKimtag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-4202004-04-19T06:36:08Z2004-04-19T06:36:08ZI believe there should be some kind of rehabilitation for 1st time offenders. I know people say “dont do the crime if you dont want to do the time” but drugs just take 1 time and you can be hooked. Simply putting a person in prison doesnt help to rehabilitate them. Making rehab manditory with randon drug testing with a person on like a supervised release “THEN” if they couldnt comply with that make them serve their sentence would make more sense to me. If we even had a rehab that people could take “before” they got into trouble. Places like Charter House and such you have to have alot of money to even begin to get any help. My husband wanted to get help at one time and I called all over they place but we didnt have alot of money for those places and they wouldnt even talk to us.
]]>By: Kayla BangsKayla Bangshttp://www.livejournal.com/users/killingxwordstag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-3392004-01-15T20:40:43Z2004-01-15T20:40:43Zi just wanted to tell you all that i am doing a paper in my 12th grade government class on prison overcrowding, and how government could help alleviate the problem. i would like to thank you all for your comments as they will be as much use to me in developing my problem as well as the scope of it. Thank you.
]]>By: AmandaAmandatag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-2872003-11-15T15:47:22Z2003-11-15T15:47:22ZI know that the U.S was built upon rights. I know that until a person is convicted of a crime those rights are still guaranteed, but after that happens a person loses all those rights, not because the system is bad or wrong but because he willingly chose to commit a criminal act and lose his rights as the consequence. I’m sorry, that’s the way it goes, I have no pity for anyone who breaks the law. However, should we bend the law for a few people, the law becomes useless. If we bend the law we might as well not have one. Once a compromise has been made it’s so much easier to make another and another until the only law is against the truly law abiding citizens.
]]>By: CassieCassietag:radgeek.com,2001://geekery_today.20010524203016#comment-2562003-10-04T17:15:31Z2003-10-04T17:15:31ZI am a Criminal Justice major and through my many years of education, I have seen first hand what problems are truly caused by prison overcrowding. However, there are laws out there to protect law abiding citizens from those who obviously can not live a crime free life. Over crowding has become such an issue, but I do not believe that allowing offenders to commit crimes, and in some cases multiple crimes and repeat crimes to go free. There must be rules and regulations, they may not seem fair, but the answer is simple-don’t participate in criminal behavior and you will not have to face the criminal justice system.
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