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Shea Gunther
With Daring Prison-Reform Proposal, Sen. Jim Webb Tries to Make Each Word Count - washingtonpost.com - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...
With Daring Prison-Reform Proposal, Sen. Jim Webb Tries to Make Each Word Count - washingtonpost.com
From the page: ""Everything should be on the table," Webb says. And there it is -- damn the consequences! This is why, even as editorialists in the mainstream media applaud his efforts to reform the overall criminal justice system, he's also racking up headlines in High Times magazine and getting shout-outs from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws for his "candor and political courage." Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, better known by the acronym LEAP -- a group of current and former law enforcement officers -- is running a petition on its Internet site in support of Webb's commission. The petition and a video of Webb appear beneath the group's signature pitch: photos of Al Capone ("Alcohol Smuggler") and Pablo Escobar ("Drug Cartel"), accompanied by the line, "Same problem . . . same solution. Repeal Prohibition Now!" " - Shea Gunther