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 ....
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