60 minutes. More than they deserve?
Description
In the wake of the cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, Congress passed harsh sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum sentencing laws, even for the smallest offense. As a result of those laws, the Federal prison population has quadrupled since 1987, costing taxpayers four billion dollars a year. Now objections are being voiced by Federal judges over the severity of the laws in light of the fact that many people shouldn't be in prison at all and others are serving sentences much to harsh for the crime. Ed Bradley reports.
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13 min
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Date of Publication
2003
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Alexander Street
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