Congress Passes Legislation on Cocaine Sentencing Disparity

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

So your argument is "it might cost more" when the only change in enforcement is the length of the sentencing?

No - my argument, as stated earlier: if a main reason for reducing sentencing is to save money, that savings will likely not be realized to the extent that you would expect by simply subtracting that many prisoners from the existing system.

For me, the racial and socioeconomic disparity is enough reason to change the laws on its own - but it still doesn't hurt to take a skeptical eye to any claims, right?

For example, this:

My "arguement" isn't actually about saving money, that's a fringe benefit of removing a racist and reactionary law.

I'm not quite convinced that the fringe benefits are realizable. Seems like a fine point of discussion.