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LuvNewcastle

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28. Why wait? He should do it now.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Apr 17, 2014, 10:37 AM

Apr 2014

Prisoners who are doing time for non-violent drug offenses should be released and, depending on certain factors, should possibly be sent to rehab. I would send non-violent drug offenders who are in prison for hard drugs like heroin, crack, meth, etc., to rehab and people in prison for pot would be released and given complete freedom. Sure, the unemployment rate might go up some, but a lot of new jobs would also be created at rehab centers, so it wouldn't be huge increase.

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if i was barack obama, and i was going to be succeeded by a thug [View all] mopinko Apr 2014 OP

Right you are, Mo. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #1

Nice. Throw thousands of people into an untenable situation for personal retribution. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #2

you wouldn't rather be out of jail? mopinko Apr 2014 #5

I would. But i didn't break any laws. geckosfeet Apr 2014 #8

come on. mopinko Apr 2014 #10

Petty thinking. You honestly think they would be concerned with them getting jobs? Autumn Apr 2014 #3

i am, of course, using the term "dump" facetiously. mopinko Apr 2014 #9

Great idea. Nobody really cared about the people you'd be dumping on the street. badtoworse Apr 2014 #4

actually, probably, mopinko Apr 2014 #6

Stop digging badtoworse Apr 2014 #12

Stop digging??? LOL, You want to keep them in prison. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #13

Obviously a person who has no idea of the struggles people Autumn Apr 2014 #11

"People in that situation"? Do you mean people released from jail? NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #14

No I'm not and don't even try to put those words on me. Autumn Apr 2014 #15

well you wouldnt really know jack shit about what i know, now would you. mopinko Apr 2014 #16

No I haven't but I do have a family member who was in prison for drugs. Autumn Apr 2014 #19

so she would have rather stayed in prison? mopinko Apr 2014 #20

That was not what my post suggested so don't try that .. Autumn Apr 2014 #23

So let me get this straight. You think the three hots and a cot in jail is better than release? moriah Apr 2014 #30

ftr, i have high hopes that he will do this anyway. mopinko Apr 2014 #7

some days i think this place has gone straight down the rabbit hole. mopinko Apr 2014 #17

Pardon every pot smoker in prison. Have some sense - a rare commodity in politics. chrisa Apr 2014 #18

if there are other crimes, that different mopinko Apr 2014 #21

Question of process, does the president have state pardon power? CK_John Apr 2014 #22

I don't think so but as so many drug busts are on federal terms... NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #24

i believe so. mopinko Apr 2014 #25

Nope. IronGate Apr 2014 #31

Federal prisoners only. Lizzie Poppet Apr 2014 #26

No, the president cannot pardon state prisoners. But there are 100,000 federal drug prisoners. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2014 #32

knew someone would know, still mopinko Apr 2014 #34

Barack Obama will be succeeded by a Democratic President. Bluenorthwest Apr 2014 #27

Why wait? He should do it now. LuvNewcastle Apr 2014 #28

+1 Orsino Apr 2014 #33

Why would you want to do that? dilby Apr 2014 #29

i'll just comment once to some of you, mopinko Apr 2014 #35

Not going to happen obviously. onenote Apr 2014 #36