KCAU ABC9 News At 10pm November 25, 2015
Thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and d Jenna Rehnstrom america represents roughly 5 percent of the worlds population and 25 percent of its prisoners. Tim covercrowded state and federal prisons are costing taxpayers around 6. 4 billion dollars. Tim many of those prisoners serve drug related sentences and are on what are called mandatory minimums. Its a conceptdeveloped in the70s. During the so called war o o drugs. With crack and cocain sweeping across the nation. Putting away offenders. Even on small drug charges. Was a priority. Jenna these minimums are still used today. B...