Archive for September 17th, 2009
KEEP JAMMING- NATIONAL PHONE SIT-IN
Thursday, September 17th, 2009The phone jam against C-15 has been so successful that we are encouraging people to keep calling the Senators to express their view. Asking Senators to conduct research into the effects of mandatory minimum sentences is a good way of delaying, if not defeating C-15. If we get enough people to call every day we [...]
Mandatory jail for drugs wrong – by Steph Dahl
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Times Colonist September 17, 2009
Mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes have flooded the prison system in the United States. Putting one out of every hundred people in jail is draining the economy, tearing families apart and not helping Americans win their “war on drugs.”
Canadians should be learning from this terrible example, not following down the [...]