I recall people in France wanting the death penalty back, shows how far when they feel threatened.
i think it differs from place to place but im pretty sure in california they are
The money we spend on housing these criminals is huge that our prisons are over populated that we building more prisons just to house them. It's gotten so bad that we are now using county jails to house the over flow.
It has gotten to the point where non violent offenders like thieves don't even get prison time. Just a slap on the wrist and some probation. Probabtion isn't going to change a man and our correctional system doesn't correct. So these guys get out of prison and just do the things that put them in the first place. With the three strikes law these petty criminals get life sentences.
You can throw all the money you want into executions and housing people for life, but we need to look into ways just to reform the criminals. However I think the primary objective should be to attack the root cause of a lot of these crimes. Why are people shop lifting, why are these kids joining gangs, why are kids doing poorly in schools? I think the root cause is poverty which has lead to other problems in our society.
