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Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016) by anoncoward111 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:23AM (#17599327)
So every non-violent drug offender should just take their multi-year sentence to third-world-tier prisons and their felon status too and be happy with it?
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Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016) by leesalminen on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @09:44AM (#17600912)
Pretty much. Once you’re negotiating with a DA, you’re going to jail. They’re never gonna let you go.
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Re:Confessions of an Ex-Prosecutor (2016) by anoncoward111 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @10:06AM (#17601108)
I suppose my comment was intended to highlight the relative absurdity of punishing non-violent drug offenses with jail time.

It quite literally creates career criminals out of non-criminals, since, once they have a crime on their record, virtually all avenues of employment are closed off to them besides violent/property crime.

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