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It seems to make logical sense. the trouble is, that over time, research has shown that for a lot of low risk offenders that's not the case. violent and career criminals for sure. they should go to prison, stay there for a long time. that what we have prisons for. a lot of lower level nonviolent offenders were swept up in this big net. so we are at the point where we have nearly one in 100 adult behind bars. one in 31 are on some form of community corrections super vision that is in prison, jail, probation or parole. one in eight state employees works in corrects and the corrections budget has...

Paroling violent criminals. the state is compiling a list that includes convicted killers, sex offenders, and drug dealers and bank robbers. the reported plan is to parole them early so the state can trim its corrections budget by 6% in 2010. jessica cooper is the oakland county, michigan prosecutor. you can sympathize with the state trying to cut costs wherever they can. right? >> absolutely. i understand that. and perhaps we might be able to cut the costs per prisoner as opposed to releasing people en masse. essentially that's what we are doing here. >> explain why they are not, for example,...