News (Media Awareness Project) - US: PUB LTE: A Simple Question |
| Title: | US: PUB LTE: A Simple Question |
| Published On: | 1997-12-21 |
| Source: | San Francisco Chronicle |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 18:13:19 |
A SIMPLE QUESTION
Editor The treatment of Kemba Smith (Debra Saunders' column, Sunday,
December 14) is so appalling, such a miscarriage of justice that it sickens
me. It is no wonder that many black people feel that they do not have a
chance in our society.
Mandatory sentences, including laws like ``three strikes,'' are a cop out.
They conveniently create demons and relieve us of the responsibility of
treating each other as individuals.
A simple question: Is society better served by spending $25,000 a year to
incarcerate Kemba Smith, or to give her counseling and send her back to
college?
Berkeley Choate
Oakland
Editor The treatment of Kemba Smith (Debra Saunders' column, Sunday,
December 14) is so appalling, such a miscarriage of justice that it sickens
me. It is no wonder that many black people feel that they do not have a
chance in our society.
Mandatory sentences, including laws like ``three strikes,'' are a cop out.
They conveniently create demons and relieve us of the responsibility of
treating each other as individuals.
A simple question: Is society better served by spending $25,000 a year to
incarcerate Kemba Smith, or to give her counseling and send her back to
college?
Berkeley Choate
Oakland
Commentaires des membres |
Aucun commentaire du membre disponible...
