60s where almost no one went to prison where. they tried probation, super probation, super-super probation, anything to get people out of prison. and crime increased 20% in a two-year period, the peak being 79 and 80. drug abuse was rampant. we had a lot of difficult problems during that period of time because of the undeserved leniency taking place. if we re changing sentencing, it ought to be done very carefully and in a very deliberate manner with careful evaluation of what happens. now probably there are some laws that should be changed. that s why we have a sentencing commission at federal level. that s why states are handling this. but where there s this mass opening of the prison gates such as california. we ve seen serious increases in crime. mark: and i ve never understood this argument, some of these
prison where. they tried probation, super probation, super-super probation, anything to get people out of prison. and crime increased 20% in a two-year period, the peak being 79 and 80. drug abuse was rampant. we had a lot of difficult problems during that period of time because of the undeserved leniency taking place. if we re changing sentencing, it ought to be done very carefully and in a very deliberate manner with careful evaluation of what happens. now probably there are some laws that should be changed. that s why we have a sentencing commission at federal level. that s why states are handling this. but where there s this mass opening of the prison gates such as california. we ve seen serious increases in crime. mark: and i ve never understood this argument, some of these are petty drug offenses and so forth.
60s where almost no one went to prison where. they tried probation, super probation, super-super probation, anything to get people out of prison. and crime increased 20% in a two-year period, the peak being 79 and 80. drug abuse was rampant. we had a lot of difficult problems during that period of time because of the undeserved leniency taking place. if we re changing sentencing, it ought to be done very carefully and in a very deliberate manner with careful evaluation of what happens. now probably there are some laws that should be changed. that s why we have a sentencing commission at federal level. that s why states are handling this. but where there s this mass opening of the prison gates such as california. we ve seen serious increases in crime. mark: and i ve never understood this argument, some of these
60s where almost no one went to prison where. they tried probation, super probation, super-super probation, anything to get people out of prison. and crime increased 20% in a two-year period, the peak being 79 and 80. drug abuse was rampant. we had a lot of difficult problems during that period of time because of the undeserved leniency taking place. if we re changing sentencing, it ought to be done very carefully and in a very deliberate manner with careful evaluation of what happens. now probably there are some laws that should be changed. that s why we have a sentencing commission at federal level. that s why states are handling this. but where there s this mass opening of the prison gates such as california. we ve seen serious increases in crime. mark: and i ve never understood this argument, some of these