America has a serious issue. Our "criminal justice" system is notoriously and immorally biased, classist, and racist. Just recently I came upon a couple compelling articles that I wish to share. . .
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/70441/ This article on AlterNet is a bit encouraging.
http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/50586.shtml Here is an extremely poignant article about mandatory minimum sentencing, from the perspective of a UU minister serving as a Prison Minister in a women`s correctional facility. My full disclosure: in university I volunteered 2-3x/week doing prison ministry with many convicts who were undeserving of their severe sentences.
http://www.famm.org/ Families Against Mandatory Minimums is an excellent website for grassroots activism. Inform yourself!
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