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JTHipster  ·  4260 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Heartbreaking Drug Sentence of Staggering Idiocy

25 years in prison actually costs the state the cost of housing inmates plus the lost labor hours.

Assuming he as paid 40k a year, which would be decently reasonable, the state lost an additional 1 million dollars of potential commerce.