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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: 91 Felonies, 2 Dead, California Wants Him in REHAB Not Prison
Description: Here we go again with justice reform working exactly as designed – which is to say, not at all. A 91-time felon who killed two innocent people in a stolen car while drunk now wants to swap prison time for rehab, and San Francisco is actually considering it. This is the same mindset that has Seattle's mayor saying he wants to "hear the story" of repeat offenders instead of locking them up, because maybe they were just hungry or had a rough childhood. Meanwhile, citizens are left defenseless as these blue cities hemorrhage police officers and embrace every failed progressive po...