Many people are going to jail up to 65 years for selling
drugs because of the change on mandatory minimums. The issue of mandatory minimums
is a very sensitive subject because a lot of people are in jail for up to
sixty-five years for crimes that only require five to ten years. This is
personal because if this was me or somebody close to me, I would want them to
be let out after a certain amount of years. I know selling drugs is not a good thing, but
that could be someone’s last result. The economy is not that good to begin with
so jobs are a dime in a dozen, especially good ones, so I do understand a
person selling drugs to put food on the table.
The groups
of people who are prone to going for this crime are African-Americans and Hispanics.
From this, I see that mandatory minimums affect a specific minority. This
leaves a negative impact for my community; it also gives my community a bad
reputation because people may think all we have is drug dealers roaming the
streets.
This
affects the whole globe too. There are a lot of people serving time for crimes
that are not that bad necessarily or for being in the wrong place at the wrong
time. People have kids and it is ashamed that they won’t be there to see their
children grow up, that’s not right. It doesn’t make sense for someone whose
selling drugs to get a bigger sentence than someone who killed people.
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