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If I had a billion dollars ... I'd buy some guideline reform

By Douglas A. Berman

With apologies to BNL for tweaking their lyrics (an for linking to this version of their fun $$$ song), I find quite interesting this WSJ $$$ blog entry noting billionaires fundings various ballot initiatives this election season.  Of course, what really caught my eye was some competing criminal justice efforts:Billionaire George Soros spent $1.4 million to support California?s Proposition 5, which would expand drug-treatment programs and apply new restrictions on sending paroled drug offenders back to prison for parole violations.... Loren Parks has spent $3 million on this year?s [Oregon] election ?- partly to fund ballot measures designed to get tougher on criminals and to shift a portion of the state?s lottery proceeds to law enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 18, 2008 (boomark / email).