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tabatha

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4. Because someone somewhere has been able to make a profit.

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:26 PM

Jan 2012

Republicans - say tough, you do the crime, you do the time.

Liberals - like me - think that there should be some sort of rehabilitation before prison, because prison can make a person worse, and sometimes people just need help and not discipline.

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