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>Yes the guilty ones- depending upon the crime. Society would be better served if some of the guilty ones were not though - take for example all of the first-time non-violent drug offenders that are clogging our judicial system and jails - no point in them being there if you ask me.

You might want to do some research on the political party affiliation and demographics of political leaders in the 1990's who pushes for those hard sentences. The results might surprise you. :)