OT - Pig Farmer Murders in Canada

I, personally - in my opinion - feel that prisoners are not "coddled".
Some of the prisons in this country (U.S.) are close to being barbaric
and inhumane.

Many in prisons aren't guilty of "serious" crimes. Many in prisons
aren't guilty, period. Many are retarded and/or have severe psychiatric
problems. Many guards and prison authorities are as jaded and abhorant
as those they guard.

Many crimes are crimes of passion, rather than planned.

I'm not condoning "crime" and I'm not condoning murder. I'm not one of
these bleeding hearts who subscribe to the "hostess twinky" theory. But
I'm also not for the 3-Strikes law which puts low-end, petty thieves in
jail for 50 years. There's absolutely NO justification for that.

There's a middle ground somewhere between "I think they should all rot
in hades and never see a doctor and stay for years in solitary!" and,
"We need to let people go because daddy was mean."

Too often, we think of these things in black/white issues. They're
often not.

Dianne