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Thursday, April 15, 2010

California Justice. Free The Rapists And Killers. Imprison The Pot Smokers.

http://www.taxcannabis.org/index.php/pages/public-safety-benefits-fact-sheet
California’s Legal System Has its Priorities Wrong

According to the FBI, in 2008, almost 60,000 violent crimes went unsolved in California. That same year, over 61,000 Californians were arrested for misdemeanor cannabis possession.

What is wrong with these numbers?

According to the State of California, nothing.

If the police state arrest an individual for a violent crime, it costs the police State of California a lot of money for the capture, prosecution and imprisoning of that individual.

If the police state arrest an individual for a drug crime, they can confiscate all the criminals private property. Which means that the police State of California might even be able to break even or make a profit on the arrest of non-violent criminals.

The State of California is in the middle of a budget crisis. By following the advice of the Federal Reserve Board and other economists that Barack Hussein Obama trusts with the economy of the United States, the State of California is spending more than it collects in fees, taxes, permits, contributions, confiscations, ... Unlike the federal government, the State of California is unable to print more money. So the State of California needs some other way to balance the budget. So by ignoring violent crime in favor of non-violent drug crime, the State of California may be able to save a few million dollars. If you are a politician it is very easy to justify criminalizing a large portion of the population and endangering the rest of the population (by not investigating violent crime or letting prisoners go free early) in order to save a few million dollars (when you are billions short).

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