On Crime 2 Points:
1) Are prisons overcrowded?  If so does that overcrowding effect release dates, jail times mandated by the judge, and probation?

2) When we have our police tracking down and rearresting repeat offenders, does that stretch resources or worse, DEFLECT resources that would better serve the public?

I think these 2 questions are the questions more-so than extending mandatory sentencing.  Is the meta-narrative journalists are hung up on, mandatory sentencing?  Or are my 1st 2 points simply wrong?