Justice Dept. ignores fact that sentencing guidelines increase crime

Paul Cooper sez: "Robert X. Cringely discusses a study by Michael Block and Fred Nold commissioned by the Department of Justice in 1982 that found that the proposed sentencing guidelines would actually increase crime, not deter it. Of course, DoJ ignored the study, implemented the sentencing guidelines, and gave us the prison system we have today." Link

UPDATE Glenn T. Costello sez: "For completeness, you might want to mention that whatever the study projected, crime has in fact, fallen." Link