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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by imgabe on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:39PM (#25828565)
Do they agree that they committed the crime or are they just making a tradeoff of a definite 5 years vs. a probable 25 years or something similar due to plea bargains?
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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by spaetzleesser on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:41PM (#25830066)
From what I am reading, especially in drug cases this the tradeoff a lot of people are making. Add to this being poor and lacking legal education this is a rational choice.
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Re:We are sending more foster kids to prison than to college by smegma2 on Monday January 18, 2021 @09:01PM (#25829108)
That's what I'm wondering, is there a way to measure how common this situation is? I'd be curious to see
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