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The Economist: "Rough Justice in America: Too many laws, too many prisoners"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Rough justice in America Too many laws, too many prisoners Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so little The Economist Jul 22nd 2010 | Spring, Texas THREE pickup trucks pulled up outside George Norris?s home in Spring, Texas. Six armed police in flak jackets jumped out. Thinking they must have come to the wrong place, Mr Norris opened his front door, and was startled to be shoved against a wall and frisked for weapons. He was forced into a chair for four hours while officers ransacked his house. They pulled out drawers, rifled through papers, dumped things on the floor and eventually loaded 37 boxes of Mr Norris?s possessions onto their pickups. They refused to tell him what he had done wrong. ?It wasn?t fun, I can tell you that,? he recalls...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 06, 2010 (boomark / email).