Do We Need 641 Penalties for Nonviolent Drug Crime After Punishment?

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Heritage Foundation

Federal laws and regulations carry more than 600 restrictions that may be applied to those convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, according to a new government report.
The report from the Government Accountability Office, published last week, contains the results of a yearlong study of what are called federal “collateral consequences”: civil restrictions on the rights and entitlements of individuals with criminal convictions.
The GAO found that 641 of those little-known rules could apply to individuals convicted of a nonviolent drug offense, defined as any federal drug offense that didn’t involve the attempted, threatened, or actual use of physical force—or a substantial risk that force might be used.
And those rules cover so many parts of a person’s life—from employment and housing to the constitutional rights to vote and carry a firearm—that if administered arbitrarily, some may needlessly frustrate reintegration into society and encourage a return to crime.

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" The GAO found that 641 of those little-known rules could apply to individuals convicted of a nonviolent drug offense, defined as any federal drug offense that didn’t involve the attempted, threatened, or actual use of physical force—or a substantial risk that force might be used."

 

 Nonviolent drug offense   Hasn't existed for (at least) the last 20 years.

 

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But as Malcolm and I argue in a Heritage report, “Collateral Consequences: Protecting Public Safety or Encouraging Recidivism?,” “it is not in anyone’s best interests to consign ex-offenders to a permanent second-class status. Doing so will only lead to wasted lives, ruined families, and more crime.”

 

Yes it is, the reason being 90% of those people are In The Life For Life.