Pubdate: Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2010 The Denver Post Corp
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Howard J. Wooldridge

THE COST OF LOCKING PRISONERS UP

As a student of history, I know that the arrest and incarceration of
Miguel Caro-Quintero simply opened a job opportunity which has already
been filled. The criminal justice system will grind away and
eventually catch his replacement. The Post will have another big
headline and law enforcement will crow about catching another big
fish. See me snoozing here.

We have seen these headlines for forty years! The real victim here is
the taxpayer who will chunk out 17 years times $35,000 to keep
Caro-Quintero locked up. If Colorado really want to punish drug
dealers and watch them cry, legalize, regulate and tax marijuana.

Howard Wooldridge, Golden
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake