Push for Leniency in Drug Sentencing Has Been a Hard Sell in Florida

Push for leniency in drug sentencing has been a hard sell in Florida

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The cost of incarcerating a drug offender for a mandatory three-year prison sentence in Florida is estimated at $ 58,400, while the cost of treatment in a work release program is $ 19,130, according to an analysis by the Florida Office of Program and …
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Wonkbook: 50 years after March on Washington, what do we have to show for it?

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“[I]n a speech Wednesday commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, Obama returned to those rhetorical roots — tying the fight for equal treatment of African Americans to fights for equal recognition of gay Americans, those with …
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