Punitive incarcerations drain state coffers
TALLAHASSEE – President Barack Obama’s July 13 sentence commutation of 13 Floridians, including one Orange Park man, has caught the attention of a Florida tax watchdog group to a point it is urging the Florida Legislature to rethink its sentencing guidelines and minimum mandatory sentences for non-violent drug offenses. Officials from Florida TaxWatch say the more than $2 billion
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