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 streets to cause t....
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