The High Cost Of Letting Criminals Go

The sentencing reforms of the 1980s worked. As more criminals were sent away, crime plummeted.

Why the fate of criminals should matter more than the fate of crime victims is a question that went largely unasked, let alone answered, during last week's bipartisan celebration of President Obama's decision to release dozens of individuals from prison and push for looser sentencing guidelines.

If the president is to be believed, it is not the prevalence of thugs that turns black ghettos into living nightmares for residents. Rather, the police, prosecutors and judges who pursue lawbreakers are the bigger cause for concern.

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This piece originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal