Wheeler on America

Drugs and Punishment (1x4)

Ausstrahlung: Mär 10, 1996

America's prison population is growing and, as a result of Ronald Reagan's drug offensive, the average sentence for drug-related crimes is now longer than the penalty for manslaughter, armed assault and rape. With 60 percent of federal prison inmates convicted for non-violent narcotic crimes, has the system got the balance right?