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Also, let me emphasize that this does NOT suggest that we shouldn't end the war on drugs. Circa 2009, there were 134k people in state prison for drug crimes. We

Also, let me emphasize that this does NOT suggest that we shouldn't end the war on drugs. Circa 2009, there were 134k people in state prison for drug crimes. We should let them out immediately. This will be a wonderful thing for 134k people who've harmed no one and have had their freedom stolen by an oppressive government. But we shouldn't expect it to significantly reduce incarceration in the US. According to this article, the best way to do that would be to somehow convince Americans to beat, rape and murder people less.

tptacek 11y ago
That's not what the article says. It is in fact at pains to point out that violent offenders are not necessarily rapists and murderers, and concludes by discussing --- at length --- the empirically observable increase in prosecutorial aggression, which it terms "ill-advised", and the data we'd need to start ascertaining the reasons why prosecutors are charging more people with felonies even as crime drops.