Ending Draconian Sentences

Let us hope for the best here. Among other things it costs far more to hold people in prison than a first class college education or job training.

Ed Kent

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As Hard Times Loom, Will New York's Streets Get Meaner?
By AL BAKER
With New York City's economy on the decline, one has to
ask: Is the crime rate likely to return to the bad old days?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/nyregion/01crime.html?th&emc=th

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