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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 6 Mar 2015

    Emptying prisons of "nonviolent" offenders is not easy because legal def of "violent' is not common-sense one.http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/03/prison_reform_releasing_only_nonviolent_offenders_won_t_get_you_very_far.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top …

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      1. Joscha Bach‏ @Plinz 6 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Why not reform prison law in an evidence based manner, using experts from civilized countries?

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      2. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 6 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Bill O'Reilly moronically thinks that drug dealers are violent, by definition.

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      1. Gonzalo‏ @alftab3 14 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker With imprisonment up, crime is downhttp://www.jeffjacoby.com/6049/with-imprisonment-up-crime-is-down …

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      2. John Walters‏ @john_walters_ 9 Mar 2015
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        .@sapinker @charlesmurray We can empty the prisons if we just believe violent offenders are not violent people? Seriously? Best you got?

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      3. Paul Birch‏ @paulbirch99 9 Mar 2015
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        @john_walters_ and I bet your all for getting none violent prisoners out where their incarceration is pointless

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      1. "No Shit" Sherlock‏ @PunishmentHurts 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker that sounds pretty hopeless, the reductions are not actually going to happen.

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      1. Nicholas Stix‏ @NicholasStix 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @charlesmurray Do you gentlemen understand what "prison reform" is a code for? #prisonreform

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      1. Nicholas Stix‏ @NicholasStix 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @charlesmurray The article's author makes the best case for the impossibility and undesirability of "prison reform."

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      1. Nicholas Stix‏ @NicholasStix 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @charlesmurray A mope who commits assault and battery, but pleas down to a drug offense is still a violent offender.

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      1. Nicholas Stix‏ @NicholasStix 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @charlesmurray Um, no. A getaway driver on a bank robbery, where an accomplice murders a teller is a violent offender. #crime

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      1. Gia Jandieri‏ @gjandieri 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @charlesmurray I hope there is a good definition of nonviolent.

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      1. Billy Bumper‏ @wbumper 7 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @jasonrileywsj emptying prisons easy,how about everyone obeying laws,I've been a good boy my whole life,all attitude,pull pants up

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      1. Alex Simonelis‏ @alexsimonelis 6 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @jasonrileywsj Sure. Let Madoff out. Brilliant.

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