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Originally Posted by peter12
Well if that were true, then California would have the highest incarceration rate in the USA. It doesn't, things like being put in prison for life for shoplifting are rare exceptions rather than the rule.
The top five prisoner per population rates are Louisiana, Mississipi, Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama. All of which have over 635 prisoners per 100 000 people.
California has 206 prisoners per 100 000 people. So, you're way off.
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You didn't seem to be talking about rare exceptions, you wanted everybody under the three strikes law, locked up for life.