Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!cbosgd!ucbvax!UNH.CS.CMU.EDU!Hank.Walker From: Hank.Walker@UNH.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: mod.politics Subject: Prison and Statues Message-ID: <12237852962.41.MCGREW@RED.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 12:54:06 EDT Article-I.D.: RED.12237852962.41.MCGREW Posted: Wed Sep 10 12:54:06 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 07:30:33 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Hank.Walker@unh.cs.cmu.edu: Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 12 Approved: poli-sci@red.rutgers.edu Why let people OUT of prison after their first major felony sentencing? Prison overcrowding? Use bunkbeds. Still overcrowded? Use bunkbunkbeds. Iacocca has said that the reason he served as chairman, and the reason people gave money so readily, was that the donor, or the donor's parents or grandparents had arrived at Ellis Island. Something like 67% of the US population is descended from people who came through Ellis Island, and it only takes a few dollars from each to make a big pile of money. -------