Essay Archive - Argument for Keeping Repeat Offenders in Jail
Argument for Keeping Repeat Offenders in Jail
Why do killers, rapists, and child molesters go free? A large portion
of early release prisoners commit serious crimes after being released. In fact,
"in a three year follow-up of 108,850 state prisoners released in 1983 from
institutions in 11 states, within three years sixty percent of violent crime
offenders were re-arrested. More than half of those charged with violent crimes
were discharged within two years."(from Truth In Sentencing by James Wooton).
These criminals are sent right back to the s....
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