From CNN: The biggest federal inmate release on record will take place this weekend.
About 6,600 inmates will be released, with 16,500 expected to get out the first year. More than 40,000 federal felons could be released early over the next several years, the U.S. Sentencing Commission said.
The sentencing commission decided a year ago to lower maximum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and to make the change retroactive, with the inmate releases effective November 1, 2015. Sentences were reduced an average of 18%, the commission said. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/30/us/federal-inmate-release/index.html
First, these prisoners are not they type that got busted for lighting up ajoint- most were convicted of selling or possessing a very hard narcotic, like heroin.
2nd, chances are that these are not first time offenders but have had multiple convictions.
And finally, most will be released in low income/ghetto areas and they will be free to terrorize the neighborhoods.
It will be interesting to see how many of these thugs will be returned to prison for violating parole.
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