Opening Questions to Stimulate Discussion

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Question 1: In the federal and most state justice systems, white collar sentencing is based on dollars lost. This computes to sentencing as much as or, often greater than, violent offenders. Should non-violent criminals serve as much time as violent criminals? If yes, why and if no, what solutions do you propose? dilemma?

Question 2: Juries are supposedly made up of one’s peers. Yet most often, a jury is economically out of touch with a defendant. Most jurors in drug cases have no concept of the drug culture in this country any more than jurors in white collar cases understand debentures and the like. Is the jury pool out of touch with the real world and, if so, what can or should be done about it?

Question 3: How many of you have a direct connection to someone either in prison or on parole? Please tell us of your experience with the prison system.