Pubdate: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 2009 Los Angeles Times Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/bc7El3Yo Website: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n767/a09.html Author: John Thomas Ellis A LOT OF BUNKS Re "State gets two years to cut 43,000 from prisons," Aug. 5 Now maybe this court order will free those convicted of nonviolent cannabis charges. Until today, these people have been rotting in prison for crimes most Californians have committed themselves. Let these people go. It's time to turn these folks into tax-paying citizens. John Thomas Ellis Kentfield, Calif. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake