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		falk on Aug 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Latvia blocking extradition of Gozi writer due to ... What about the massive amount of non-violent drug offenders in jail?

mpyne on Aug 5, 2013 [–]

I don't think there's anyone here on HN who doesn't agree that 'hardened marijuana users' probably don't belong in prison.

But once you pick that low-hanging fruit of prison reform, does the original point still apply or not?

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