Well sorry, just say a large proportion....&nbsp; 35% I think for drug offenses.....<br><br>But if I remember that used to be something like 55% in Florida in the 1990s......<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Doug Henwood</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">dhenwood@panix.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jerry Monaco wrote:<br><br>&gt;This was actually something that my criminal law prof told us.&nbsp;&nbsp;More<br>&gt;than half the people in prison now days are in prison for<br>&gt;non-violent drug crimes.<br><br>People say that a lot, but it's not true for state prisons, at least
<br>according to the BJS<br>&lt;<a href="http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t600012002.pdf">http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t600012002.pdf</a>&gt;. It's 21%. Half<br>are in for violent offenses. Yes for federal prisoners
<br>&lt;<a href="http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t656.pdf">http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t656.pdf</a>&gt;, but there are like<br>eight times as many state as federal prisoners.<br><br>Doug<br>___________________________________
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