Re: Prisoner penpals

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 22:04:08 -0700

"KCunnin502" <kcunnin502@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040621001722.23857.00000400@mb-m18.aol.com...
> In article <10dclcge80m0ofe@corp.supernews.com>, "Eliyahu Rooff"
> <lrooff@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> > (Not to mention the cost of building more and more
> >prisons...) Even with the present system, we've spent more money for
the
> >past five years on the criminal justice system than we have on
> >education.
>
> What I would like to know is why my sister's off-and-on boyfriend (of
the last
> 20 or so years) is able to drive drunk and with a suspended license
and no
> insurance, get caught by the police, and go in and out of court for
the same
> charges over and over again. He's done short sentences (a month here,
two
> months there) over the years, but they never keep him, nor does he
seem to
> care. I'm talking at leaset a dozen times over the last two decades.
He just
> jumps into the car and drinks and drives again. WHY is this
allowed??? The
> only thing I can figure is there might be a shortage of rooms at the
jail. It
> just doesn't make sense to me, though.
>
> Karen C./KY
>
Apparently, Kentucky laws are more lenient in that respect than here in
WA.

Eliyahu

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