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They can't vote for the same reason drug sentencing is so unjust to begin with. Most americans were/are terrified of crime and no politician wants to look lenient in any way.
That's actually the cause of the schizophrenia of crime, law enforcement and punishment in the United States. Most people agree that the militarization of the police, minimum sentencing, asset forfeiture, violence in prisons and permanent loss of voting rights are bad, but any political candidate who runs against those things will be turned into a skid mark for being "soft on crime."
What people say and how they vote are completely divergent.
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