By Andrew Wolfson
Courier-Journal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — According to a new study by the author of Kentucky’s penal code, the state’s 34-year-old repeat offender law is one of the most “draconian” in the country because, unlike in most other states, it is not limited to violent or serious crimes.
And, the study finds, it “deserves a lion’s share of credit for the inmate explosion that has overcrowded our prisons and done far worse to our jails ... Full Story