2007-03-25 09:29:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Far too many. Lock them up and throw away the key. Punishment seems to have morphed into some kind of politically correct system of accommodation. We need some old-fashioned style of justice. It is obvious that what we currently have in place is ineffective, and getting worse.
2007-03-25 09:59:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Close to 100%.
Most of the sentences are actually "life in prison, eligible for parole after X years". So, they are eligible for parole, and most convicts put a lot of effort into qualifying for parole.
Very few are "life without possibility of parole". So, aside from them, only those who commit further offenses while in prison stay there.
The issue is overcrowding. There just isn't enough space in the prisons that exist and that are being built to hold everyone, so parole is necessary to make room for the "newer" criminals.
2007-03-25 16:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 98%. Those that don't get paroled are the ones that don't live long enough in order to get paroled.
2007-03-25 16:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See the DOJ Department of Justice web site. They can break it down, by state and federal and for life vs 'real' life sentences.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/scscfst.htm
2007-03-25 16:37:09 · answer #4 · answered by Mike E 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋