: About Me

Benjamin Franklin summed up the founding idea of America best when he said "Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security." At a time when this nation has the highest prison population in the world, the United States should follow those words. We have become so paranoid about crime that we have locked up too many people for too long of a time, often unfairly and because of racial prejudice. America is referred to as the "land of the free," but a look at the facts proves that nickname to be misleading. With approximately 285 million people living in the U.S., ...