Jacob Sullum: For Nonviolent Offenders, Punishment Is the Crime
Jacob Sullum: For nonviolent offenders, punishment is the crime
Like many of those prisoners, Washington qualified as a “habitual offender” under a law aimed at incorrigible criminals. But if none of his prior offenses — which included forgery, cocaine possession, theft and burglary — merited a life sentence, it …
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Police: Man uses chair to choke woman
He has convictions that include battery (five times), resisting law enforcement (four times), intimidation (twice), possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance and rioting. Vance was being held Friday under a $ 15,000 bond at the …
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DA: Collaboration needed to end heroin threat
The county's chief law-enforcement officer had positive and negative updates on the heroin epidemic that has infiltrated the area. Addressing a meeting of Kacie's … While deaths from overdoses continue to spike in Philadelphia and Delaware Counties …
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