tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7288953753069300439..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3051051645891935672010-07-22T16:28:06.025-05:002010-07-22T16:28:06.025-05:00There is no way to eliminate drug dealers of illegal substances and the violence that goes along with the illegal trade, except by decrimalizing the substances that they are selling, especially with the job market today.Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16952064583262359492010-07-22T06:19:12.131-05:002010-07-22T06:19:12.131-05:00The politicians would rather have the judges hand out tough sentences and give the DOC officials discretion to widdle down the time served in order to save money. The same people go back out on the streets and commit the same heinous crimes. It's a vicious cycle.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-49007305678131123252010-07-21T23:05:57.149-05:002010-07-21T23:05:57.149-05:00How many gang members will be coming back to Indianapolis, from Iraq and Afghanistan, with military training? On July 17, the Chicago Sun-Times ran a story by Frank Main, about this country-wide phenomenon.Marycatherine Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4331035148836193812010-07-21T21:13:34.957-05:002010-07-21T21:13:34.957-05:00I've always said the sentence should be the sentence and you ADD time for BAD behavior, not subtract it for good behavior.Downtown Indyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239811599722585898noreply@blogger.com