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| Op-Ed: Unintended casualties in drug war |
| By Boston Herald |
| Published: 10/24/2007 |
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MASSACHUSETTS - Prison populations now total more than 11,000, compared to about 2,500 in 1990. Since long before Richard Nixon coined the phrase “War on Drugs,” our country experienced a sharp increase in the penalties associated with illegal drug possession, distribution and trafficking. In Massachusetts, as in many states, more than a dozen minimum mandatory sentences were added to the books. The demand for “truth in sentencing” was answered by a series of laws enhancing or restricting parole eligibility in 1980s and 1990s. But in the political shuffle, sentencing guidelines were unfortunately left on the sidelines. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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