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While I am highly sympathetic with [Cynthia "McKinney" Tucker]'s position, I, and most other people, have absolutely no use for people who work in corrections and still do crimes. They know the consequences for themselves when they do it. But the real harm people such as [John Bell] d...

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Published inThe Atlanta journal-constitution (2001)
Main Author TODD WILLIAMSON, FELTON BOHANNON, MIKE CONNER, VINCENT CALAMARI, WILLIAM LYRBERG, PEGGY DAVIS, WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, KAREN ROSS, GREG PETERMAN, ROGER HAGEN, ED MORSE, CARSON BEVAN, LEN CAYCE, ALEX PEARLSTEIN, MATT ROBERSON, JEFF BURROW, BONNIE BYERS, DENNIS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 20.07.2003
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Summary:While I am highly sympathetic with [Cynthia "McKinney" Tucker]'s position, I, and most other people, have absolutely no use for people who work in corrections and still do crimes. They know the consequences for themselves when they do it. But the real harm people such as [John Bell] do is foster bad morale among those of us who work in corrections and try to do a good job. I appreciate Cynthia Tucker's opinion on the collateral damage in the war on drugs. The misguided efforts of the war on drugs means that nonviolent drug offenses, such as John Bell's, are punished more severely than child molestation, statutory rape or killing somebody while driving drunk. There is no justice in such a system. Tucker mentioned alternatives used in other jurisdictions that would save money to taxpayers and keep prisoners such as Bell with a productive foot in society. Georgia needs to investigate those options and come up with a better plan.
ISSN:1539-7459