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To: ManyMoose who wrote (174498)	8/26/2001 6:02:28 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 769670

You notice when asked to come up with a URL for the story he replies "Sue me"? That means the rest of the story says it's because of drugs.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (174498)	8/26/2001 6:18:21 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Here you go Dave, the URL the dope fallope wouldn't provide- dailynews.yahoo.com I see this -Among those on probation, 52 percent were convicted of felonies, the most frequent of which was driving under the influence, followed by drug offenses. but not one mention of guns. Here's the article- Corrections Population at Record By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of adults behind bars, on parole or on probation reached a record 6.47 million in 2000 - or one in 32 American adults, the government reported Sunday. On the positive side, the percentage increase from 1999 was half the average annual rate since 1990. Jails and prisons held 30 percent of the adults in the corrections system, or 1,933,503 million. People on probation accounted for 59 percent of the total, or 3,839,532 million. An additional 725,527 adults were on parole, a period of supervision following release from prison. Over the past two decades, the number of adults in the corrections system has tripled, so they now make up 3.1 of the country's adult population, compared with 1 percent in 1980, said Allen J. Beck, a chief researcher with the Justice Department (news - web sites)'s Bureau of Justice Statistics. ``It's just overwhelming,'' said Kara Gotsch, a spokeswoman for the American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites)'s National Prison Project, which advocates alternatives to incarceration. ``It just shows that we need to put much more into prevention.'' During the 1990s, the corrections population increased 49 percent. By the end of last year, there were 2.1 million more adults in the system than there were in 1990. The rate of growth was 2 percent between 1999 and 2000, compared with an average of 4 percent during the 1990s. Beck attributed the slowing growth to the cumulative effect of a general drop in crime rates that began in the 1990s. ``This could be the beginning of a peak,'' said James Alan Fox, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University in Boston. Nearly 2.5 million people were released from parole or probation in 2000. Among parolees, half successfully completed the terms of their release in 1990. By 2000, just 43 percent completed parole and stayed out through the end of the year. Among those released from community supervision in 2000, 15 percent of probationers and 42 percent of parolees were sent back to prison or jail that year for new violations. Fox said that figure underestimates the large number who will probably be convicted again. Beck noted that the number of Americans who have returned to prison has remained stable over time. To Gotsch, that shows the shortsightedness of corrections policies that focus more on punishment and less on rehabilitation. ``It's no wonder that they're re-offending at incredibly high rates because we don't teach them anything else,'' she said. The report also showed: -Among those on probation, 52 percent were convicted of felonies, the most frequent of which was driving under the influence, followed by drug offenses. -The percentage of women in the prison population, as well as their percentages among probationers and parolees, rose. -The states with the largest percentage of their adult population in the corrections system were Georgia, 6.8 percent, and Texas, 5 percent. At the other end were West Virginia, New Hampshire and North Dakota, each with 0.9 percent. - On the Net: Bureau of Justice Statistics: ojp.usdoj.gov Email this story - View most popular \| Printer-friendly format

To: ManyMoose who wrote (174498)	8/26/2001 7:58:00 PM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

How many felons in prison used guns in their crimes....take a wild guess,Wyatt.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (174498)	8/28/2001 1:39:58 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

7 dead, no guns By Joseph Farah © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com The big story last week was the bloody massacre in Sacramento, Calif., where a Ukrainian émigré is suspected of slashing to death his pregnant wife and six other relatives, including three little children. Not only is Nikolay Soltys not suspected of using any guns in the commission of this heinous crime, police allege he killed his 27-year-old wife and unborn baby in her home, then traveled 15 miles to stab his second cousins – ages 9 and 10 – and their grandparents, before fleeing with his own 3-year-old son and later killing him as well. While I do not seek to politicize this tragedy, someone needs to point out the obvious. Men are capable of great evil – even mass murder – without the benefit of firearms. This incident should serve to remind us of that fact. It should also remind us that a firearm can serve as a great equalizer when victims are faced with the violent rages of a madman like Soltys. What would have happened if his wife had a gun? She might very well be alive today. Her unborn baby and his son might very well be alive. In fact, the grandparents and the little second cousins might still be alive. What would have happened if one of the grandparents were armed when Soltys stormed into their home intent on slashing them and the young children to death? It might have been a completely different story. "Oh, Farah," some of you are saying, "that's just a hypothetical. You don't know that. Maybe he would have taken the guns away and used them on his victims." Maybe so, but, of course, his victims are dead anyway, aren't they? A gun would have given them a fighting chance to ward off their violent attacker who was no doubt bigger and stronger than his victims. And the truth is everyday guns do save the lives of innocent people who might otherwise wind up like the poor dead victims in the Sacramento area. The September issue of our new magazine, Whistleblower, illustrates this other side of the gun story in vivid detail with compelling case studies and overwhelming statistical evidence. It is a keeper – a handy reference work, the kind of special report you will want to share with your friends, neighbors, family members and others who still accept at face value the hollow arguments of the gun-grabbers. Titled "Guns in America: Myth-busting research says firearms in more hands results in less crime," it shows clearly that where firearms are most restricted, crime flourishes and where firearms are more readily available, crime falls – often dramatically. The statistical proof simply confirms what has been evident anecdotally for years. For instance, years ago the women of Orlando, Fla., were terrified of being raped, since 33 women had already been raped in just one 9-month period. After people began flocking to gun stores to protect themselves, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper got together with the police to offer a firearms safety course. It was all very well publicized. Everybody knew that in Orlando there was a multitude of women who had handguns and knew how to use them. The result was that in the following 9-month period, there were only three rapes. In addition, crime in general declined. The fact is, Orlando, Fla., was the only U.S. city with a population of over 100,000 that had a reduction in crime that year. You will also see documentation of facts you rarely if ever see published in establishment media sources. We constantly hear that America is the most violent nation among advanced industrialized nations in the Western world. How many times have you seen that claim go unchallenged? How many times have you accepted it at face value? Yet, the truth is just the opposite. A recent study by Leiden University in Holland found that the United States didn't even make the top 10 list of industrialized nations victimized by crime, per capita. England and Wales, however, where guns are severely restricted, ranked second overall in violent crime among industrialized nations. Violent crime is also high in Australia (where new gun restrictions are in place), Holland, Sweden and Canada, which all have, by U.S. standards, draconian limits on the private possession of firearms. I urge you to get the facts. Read Whistleblower's stunning report. Spread the word. Protect yourself, your family and your nation. Arm yourselves with the truth. worldnetdaily.com * * *