* Forwarded (from: INETMAIL) by Terry Liberty-Parker using timEd 1.10+.
* Originally from KutRite@aol.com (1:382/87) to terry liberty-parker 
(1:382/804).
* Original dated: Sat Feb 08, 09:03
From: KutRite@aol.com
Have you seen this?
Dan
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Subj:    Fwd: Release: sex criminals
Date:    97-02-06 11:46:54 EST
From:    LMisko
To:      KutRite
CC:      CouchK
CC:      Mike-H-Law-Gpt@worldnet.att.net
CC:      rjb21@psu.edu,Ag Lady
Dan, et al,
Good point.
Louis
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Subj:    Fwd: Release: sex criminals
Date:    97-02-05 13:47:50 EST
From:    DRider
To:      sdlp@lumina.ucsd.edu,LMisko
To:      FA97@ix.netcom.com(patwright)
To:      Lawenzell
To:      cfabian@millennianet.com(carlfabian)
To:      73607.665@compuserve.com(dougwolf)
To:      edward@bbs.ax.com,TAXSAVERS
To:      fshadab@sdcc17.ucsd.edu(farsamshadab)
To:      Tom.Hohman@worldnet.att.net
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From:   announce@lp.org
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To:   announce@lp.org (Libertarian Party announcements)
Date: 97-02-05 01:40:26 EST
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100
Washington DC 20037
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For release: February 5, 1997
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For additional information:
George Getz, Deputy Director of Communications
(202) 333-0008 Ext. 222
Internet: 76214.3676@CompuServe.com
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Government releases 134,000 convicted sex criminals
to lock up pot-smokers instead, Libertarians charge
        WASHINGTON, DC -- More than 134,000 sex criminals are roaming
the streets of America -- preying on innocent women and children --
thanks to the War on Drugs, the Libertarian Party charged today.
        "How many women and children will be raped or sexually molested
because, instead of keeping sexual predators behind bars, politicians
have filled our nation's jails with non-violent drug users?" asked
Steve Dasbach, the party's national chairman.
        His question followed a report released this week by the
Department of Justice, which revealed that 134,300 violent sex
criminals were released on parole or probation in 1994.
        Astonishingly, only 99,300 sex criminals remained behind bars,
according to the same report -- meaning the government set free more
rapists and molesters than it kept in jail.
        "Why were those 134,300 sex criminals released?" asked Dasbach.
"Because the government's War On Drugs is filling the nation's prisons
at a rapid rate -- while acting as a 'get-out-of-jail-free card' for
rapists."
        For example, Dasbach noted:
        * One year after releasing the 134,300 sex criminals, the
government arrested 589,000 individuals for possession of marijuana,
according to the FBI.
        * 400,000 Americans are currently jailed on non-violent drug
charges, according to federal figures.
        * Of that number, 50,000 people are now in prison for mere
possession of marijuana, according to drug policy experts.
        "Every one of those non-violent drug prisoners occupies a cell
that could be used by a sexual predator instead," Dasbach noted. "If we
pardoned non-violent drug users, every one of the 134,300 sex criminals
the politicians released could be locked up again -- without spending
one more dollar or building one more jail cell."
        Instead, the politicians apparently made the decision to put
tens of thousands of American women at risk, Dasbach said.
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        "One Justice Department study says the recidivism rate for
parolees is 69%," he said. "At that rate, those 134,300 freed rapists
will victimize another 92,000 American women. But, sadly, few of those
victims will know that the attack could have been averted if
politicians focused on preventing violence instead of punishing vice."
         The 1994 exodus of rapists is partly attributable to that
year's Crime Bill, Dasbach noted, which mandated life sentences for
many drug law violators.
        "Before the Crime Bill passed, 34 states were under court
orders to reduce prison populations, often requiring the release of
violent criminals," he said, "Along came the new legislation, with more
mandatory life sentences for drug crimes. The longer jail terms for
drug offenders compelled prison officials to set more sexual predators
free.
        "It's ironic that the Crime Bill, which Bill Clinton bragged
would put 100,000 new cops on the beat, actually helped put 134,300
rapists on the street," he said. "It's even more ironic that
politicians also passed the so-called Violence Against Women Act in
1994 -- which increased federal funding for streetlights and domestic
violence hotlines -- at the same time they were turning loose tens of
thousands of rapists.
        "America's women are paying a terrible price because
politicians would rather keep a person in jail for smoking a marijuana
cigarette than for rape," said Dasbach. "Thanks to the politicians, the
War on Drugs has become a War on Women."
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