JAILS SHOULD BE FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS

Dear Editor: I'm writing about Dave Zweifel's thoughtful column:
"Sentencing laws should make sense." It seems to me that our jails
and prisons should be reserved for those who intentionally harm
others against their will. Not gardeners. Not people who produce or
sell "unapproved" substances to willing buyers. For the sake of our
children, we need our government to protect us from real criminals
not ourselves.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.