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1. Conservatives against mandatory minimum sentences
Wed Jul 11, 2018, 06:40 PM
Jul 2018

Wasn't it the law-n-order conservatives who wanted to lock people up and take away judges' discretion for sentencing? Well, except for when it comes to white good ol' boys. Then, see, your honor, you gotta understand the nuances and the shadings and the history and the feelings of the poor convicted felons. You can't send Dwight and Steve off to prison for five whole years like a couple of common criminals! Okay, we'll admit that their little fires didn't always stay on their own lands, and sure, some firefighters risked their lives, but five whole years? Did you know that Dwight and Steve were in the pokey with a guy who smoked a joint? Please think of the depravity they were exposed to!

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