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To: Cogito who wrote (63577)	5/5/2008 5:30:58 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542060

So it doesn't appear to me like there is some tradeoff concerning the safety of children there. "In 2003, Pack's two children -- Troy, 10, and Alana, 7 -- were struck and killed when a drunk driver's car jumped a curb and ran onto a neighborhood sidewalk." OK. Perhaps not the best example, but my point still stands, which is that there is competition for funding and lots of worthy candidates. And lots of better examples I could have used. That one just popped into my mind due to proximity. I think you would agree that spending tax money keeping minor drug offenders in prison is not beneficial to anyone, really. I would. But it would be better not to let them out because we've run out of prison money. That has bad optics. It compromises our perception of our justice system. Better we should reconsider who we put in jail in the first place.