“More than 3,200 inmates will likely die in U.S. prisons serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes such as theft and drug possession, including at least 49 in Oklahoma. Nearly 80 percent were convicted of nonviolent drug-related crimes such as possession or distribution and 20 percent were convicted of nonviolent property crimes such as theft, according to the report. Mandatory minimum sentences and harsh sentences for repeat offenders or drug crimes have built a system where people can die in prison for stealing sports jerseys or carrying drugs for an abusive boyfriend. Taxpayers will spend more than $500,000 to incarcerate individual convicts for these crimes.”
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