Nov 04 2008
CA: Prop 5 - Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008.
Proposition 5 will shorten the prison terms for certain drug offenses. There is a rehabilitation program thrown in there somewhere and a creation of a panel to oversee the changes. Oh, it will also cost taxpayers $460 million annually to support this program.
I am a firm believer of the saying, “if you do the crime, you do the time.” Everyone has a choice when confronted with drugs. They could choose to use the drugs with the knowledge that they will become addicted and may go to prison or they could not. I am not paying to fix their problems if they choose poorly.
One Response to “CA: Prop 5 - Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008.”
[...] Prop 5 - Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008 failed with 5,662,466 (60%) NO votes to 3,805,832 (40%) YES votes. People will need to think twice before doing drugs now that there isn’t a fast track through the jail system for them. [...]