Friday, February 06, 2009

GIVING FELONS A SECOND CHANCE

Now, doesn't that sound like a great idea? Normally I would think that this might be something good. However, in this day and age, the idea sucks.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has employed a drug and sex felon as a traffic cop. His justification? A "Second Chance Program". Well, through this writer's eye, he ought to be considering a "First Chance Program."

What kind of message has he sent to the youth of the community? It's OK to go to prison because when you get out you'll have a job anyhow? You'll get a job that would normally go to one who has stayed on the straight and narrow?

This is another case of the inmates running the institution.

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