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• 1 of 19

  by Ann Marie Dwyer

  Created on: May 30, 2007   Last Updated: November 18, 2011

  Non-violent crimes should be punished in non-violent retribution. Studies back up the reasons why.

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  by Simonne Liberty

  Created on: July 07, 2009   Last Updated: July 21, 2009

  Every citizen in this country has at one time, or more, committed a non-violent crime. If we lock up

• 3 of 19

  by Perry McCarney

  Created on: November 27, 2011   Last Updated: November 29, 2011

  The answer to this question is dependent on our definition of what "non-violent crimes" means. If we

• 4 of 19

  by Robert Roberts

  Created on: February 26, 2008

  America: Land of the Free?
  Over the past 15 years, the United State's has been getting stricter on mandatory

• 5 of 19

  by Kelly Piercy

  Created on: March 26, 2008

  Persons convicted of non-violent crimes should not be incarcerated. That is to say, persons convicted

• 6 of 19

  by Susan Jiosa

  Created on: October 11, 2009

  Being an ex-felon of a non-violent crime myself; I spent over 2 years in very overcrowded prison while

• 7 of 19

  by Rebecca Dyson

  Created on: August 13, 2007

  Our society seems to think that the answer to all crimes is jail, much like the schools seem to think

• 8 of 19

  by Janet Sprague

  Created on: July 28, 2010   Last Updated: July 29, 2010

  I believe that there are circumstances that would warrant jail time, but mandatory minimums are not right.

• 9 of 19

  by Robert Mckenna

  Created on: February 29, 2008

  On the nightly NBC news broadcast this evening, statistics were released showing one out of every one

• 10 of 19

  by Meredith Scott

  Created on: October 27, 2009   Last Updated: October 29, 2009

  According to the Department of Justice-Federal Bureau Investigation website, a violent crime is composed

• 11 of 19

  by Firy

  Created on: May 31, 2007   Last Updated: December 10, 2011

  Criminals and Crime in Our Justice System are Weights Thrown on Scales Untarred

  Conviction requires

• 12 of 19

  by Kevin C. Carr

  Created on: July 24, 2009

  The United States has the highest population of imprisoned citizens in the world. Why? Our legal system

• 13 of 19

  by Rena Sherwood

  Created on: October 11, 2007

  Although we would love to be able to punish non-violent crimes (such as a person who stole a charity's

• 14 of 19

  by Patricia Bunch

  Created on: December 18, 2008

  Government, at all levels, is having to tighten the purse strings in the wake of the recession. Every

• 15 of 19

  by AuthorsLegacy

  Created on: February 16, 2009

  Just in case no one knows, the overcrowding in our county prisons is astronomical. It's the taxpayers

• 16 of 19

  by Hokua oe Lopqi Lokki

  Created on: November 07, 2007   Last Updated: July 23, 2009

  Putting people in jail for every little crime committed is not the way to go. We need to find a new

• 17 of 19

  by Leah Curtis

  Created on: July 25, 2007

  No, criminals convicted of white collar crimes should not necessarily face jail terms. Sometimes the

• 18 of 19

  by Shawn Trump

  Created on: April 11, 2008

  Do I Have To Die In Prison?

  
  
  
  
  
  

  In a small town outside of Dallas Texas the injustice began. It started

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  by Kate Fell

  Created on: August 03, 2007

  obviously, i do not believe that perpetrators of non-violent crimes are to go unpunished.
  on the contrary,