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Now it's your turn, what are your gripes with the system? Do you think it's working? What would you change?
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I would definitely change the way recreational drug offenders are sentenced. Right now our jail system is filled to the brim with 18 and 19 year olds doing time for their second or third charge of possession of weed. Mandatory minimum sentencing for these sort of inane crimes needs to be done away with. Mandatory sentencing eliminates the need for judicial discretion and completely ignores the defendents background and actual threat to society. Stop wasting money on stoned teenagers! If anything give them probation or send them to rehabilitation.
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