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> these are people who for the most part caused great harm to others so I have no problem with this. There are many forms of crimes, dar say majority, that don

• gjsman-1000 2y ago
  > don't cause great harm to others (eg theft) That’s a matter of opinion. 2/3s of America cannot afford a $400 emergency expense. If you steal and crash someone’s car, and that causes the individual to lose their job while the insurance is being figured out, their kids could spend the next few months in serious suffering. What about smaller crimes, like shoplifting? 44% of our economy is small businesses; steal from them when they are already at the edge of a knife, treat it like it’s nothing, and you’ll break real families. You have no conception of how much a “small” theft can injure most people. As for drug possession; that imprisonment is quite possibly the best thing you can do for them compared to them overdosing on a street corner. Any mother would have their child eat Nutraloaf for 5 years straight than overdose on a public road.