re: California took a big step in rolling back the War on Drugs, Prison Overcrowding

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and taken away male guidance away from impressionable youths over simple drug indiscretions,

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It's as if you really believe their are a significant number of "non-violent" offenders. Spend some time nosing around the histories of these "non-violent" offenders and most of the time you'll find violent histories.

To be clear though, I have no problem with the legalization of marijuana.

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The point of the proposition went over your head.

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No, it didn't. I simply don't agree with it.

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The state is most notorious for its 1994 "Three Strikes and You're Out" law, which imposed a life sentence for almost any crime, no matter how small, if the defendant had two prior convictions deemed serious or violent by the California Penal Code.

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The state should be congratulated for that law. Let me emphasize again, serious or violent. For the naive, people like that have rarely, rarely committed only two serious or violent crimes. They've committed many more before they actually got arrested for those. Those people should be sentenced harshly. If there is no space, build more jails.