>this is more complicated than it sounds. "non violent offenders" is a myth because many offenders have their charges reduced during plea bargaining process. s

>this is more complicated than it sounds. "non violent offenders" is a myth because many offenders have their charges reduced during plea bargaining process. something like 80-90% of ALL cases at the federal level end in plea bargains, mostly for practical reasons because the legal system literally doesn't have the capacity to handle all the charges that would be brought forward. pretending it's unique to simple marijuana procession is fearmongering >Letting people out of prison is not a simple undo function there are dangerous side effects as experienced in California the US has 25% of the world's prison population and 5% of the world's population, the ONLY worthwhile moral consideration is the mass release of US prisoners. stuff like "think of the side effects" just perpetuates the stays quo via perpetual "considerations"