The flipside of that is having people with lenghty but minor criminal records doing life without the possibility of parole for drastic offenses such as being the middleman for a $10 marijuana transaction, or stealing a $160 jacket [1].  I would gladly accept a rise in petty crime to not live in a country where such barbaric sentences for nonviolent crimes are even possible.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;living-death-life-without-parole-nonviolent-offenses" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;living-death-life-without-parole...</a>