That's a tough situation to be in. Intrestingly I stumbled upon this article earlier today, except it was from a evangelical prolife point of view. It's facinating/frusterating to see what the other side thinks.
An article relevant to our Syria discussion on Friday. The questions I have after reading this are, with regard to Syria, what outcome do we want to achieve, and will military intervention achieve that end?
This just goes to show how badly we need to reform our prisons and how judges sentence people. It also makes me think of David Eagleman's Incognito, because so many of the people who are serving life sentences just got caught up in drugs, prison should be more of a rehabilitation set up.