Many Americans are stocking
up on treats for neighborhood children in scary costumes, but you may want to
think twice before opening the door to strangers this Halloween. That same
weekend, Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, the Obama administration plans to release 6,000
felons from federal prison. This is
believed to be the largest one-time release of prisoners in American history. I
doubt that federal halfway houses have the capacity or that federal probation
officers have the ability to supervise that many prisoners released all at
once. Yet the 6,000 felons are just the
first “tranche” of some 46,000 federal prisoners who are now eligible to apply
for early release, and 8,550 more of them are expected to be set free over the
next 12 months until Halloween of 2016. All those prisoners were convicted of
serious drug trafficking offenses and sentenced to at least 10 years in federal
prison. Even those numbers don’t tell
the whole story. A bill pending in the Senate – which has attracted the support
of several Republicans who should know better – would permanently reduce the
prison sentences for serious drug trafficking……To Read More….
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