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Sep 02 2009

Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Drug War

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Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Drug War
by Jacob G. Hornberger

An interesting question arises in the case of Phillip Garrido, the man who allegedly kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, raped her, and kept her captive for almost 20 years: Did the drug war play a role in this horrible event?

Having previously been convicted of kidnapping and rape, Garrido had been released from a federal penitentiary after serving less than 11 years and from a Nevada state prison after serving less than 7 months. Yet, his original sentence had been 50 years!

Why was he released so early? Could the drug war have had anything to do with that?

According to an article posted today in the Reno Gazette-Journal, “Newspaper articles from the late 1980s show Nevada prisons were overcrowded at the time and the parole board was coming under fire for releasing large numbers of inmates, particularly sex offenders who had served fractions of their sentences.”

Was that prison-overcrowding problem due in large part to crackdowns in the war on drugs and the need to make room for non-violent drug offenders in jail by releasing the violent criminals, like Phillip Garrido?

I don’t know the answer to that question. But given the manifest failure of the war on drugs, it deserves to be asked, especially since ending the war on drugs could perhaps help save the lives and freedom of victims of violent crimes in the future by focusing the attention of government officials where it should be focused — on the commission of violent crimes, not non-violent ones.

Jacob Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, publisher of Your Money or Your Life: Why We Must Abolish the Income Tax by Sheldon Richman.

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1. 02-09-2009 17:40

Considering the fact this monster was a drug addict himself...perhaps this isn't a good path to go down. His drug addiction contributed to his sex-sprees. If he didn't have access to drugs he might not have gone down this path at all. Not fighting the drug underworld might mean more sick people get access to drugs and feel empowered enough to act on their urges. Besides, its already been reported that his early release was standard at the time as they were handled federally and dealt with like paperwork rather than on an individual basis. He wasn't an exception, he was the norm unfortunately. Just like it used to be normal that victims were not notified of an parole or able to petition the court that the criminal shouldn't be let out early. It wouldn't have mattered if there was a room waiting for him for the next 40 years. Things were done differently back then.

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2. 02-09-2009 18:48

Jacob Hornberger this is something I too have pondered. The case in point: how our current system failed Jaycee Lee Dugard!

I would like to see our homicide and violent sex crimes departments expand and become more effective.

Have you ever done an Internet search for unsolved murders? The number of cases is mind boggling! According to a recent Dallas Morning News article, "Police have found evidence of as many as 39 serial killers preying on truck-stop prostitutes along the I-20 corridor," alone and any major metropolitan area has a huge backlog of unsolved homicides.

Get tough on violent crime! As a part of convicted killers and rapists punishment, take away their ability to reproduce. Violence and aggressive behavior can be bred out of us as it has been done in animals.

Our out-of-control drug policies foster violence, racism and official
lawlessness. The new prohibition policy has created nightmare we must end. Take control out of the hands of despicable people who sell drugs to children, recruit them to sell to their peers and don't mind killing off the competition.

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