As our country comes to terms with the damage caused by our excessive reliance on punishment as a response to crime, the use of the criminal law to sustain racial hierarchies, and the ways the justice system has undermined our democracy and weakened communities,
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Replying to @chesaboudin
Thanks for being brave and doing the right thing. We have the largest prison population in the world by a huge margin and destroyed more lives than it's helped. We can do our part to address the conditions that lead to crime or we can fill our prisons even more like we've been.
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Replying to @legendofcheese @chesaboudin
Don't forget about letting current criminals off with no accountability.
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Replying to @WillyNaakt @chesaboudin
I see we're still using "criminals" as code for black people. Not much has changed since FDRs day. Well, the prison population has exploded, that's helped, right?
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It did, actually. Until we started to reverse the trend.
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Study from the US DOJ says the exact opposite.https://nicic.gov/what-caused-crime-decline …
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Lol, that report doesn't say DA's should dismiss the charges of repeat offenders and let them reoffend.
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It also doesn't say they shouldn't 
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Google "Troy McAlister" for what happens when a DA lets out a prolific offender.
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