http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/opinion/9602597.htmStephen Saloom
"In the American criminal-justice system, 'Our resources are misspent, our punishments too severe, (and) our sentences too long.'
These aren't the words of some wild-eyed liberal. These were the remarks of conservative U. S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, urging the American Bar Association to lead the effort to reform that system.
Responding to his call, the ABA formed a 'Justice Kennedy Commission,' assigning some of the nation's top attorneys to investigate and report on the health of the American correctional system. After a year of intensive research and hearings throughout the country, the commission, headed by former prosecutor Steven Salzburg, determined that there were serious structural defects in our criminal-justice system and provided specific recommendations for addressing them."
