April 2, 2008  | | Comments (4)    Let's make it a two-pronged
attack on crime. Strengthen the penalties and increase
rehabilitation opportunities for those who are serious about
giving up the outlaw life.  I'd go a little bit farther than
three strikes for violent felonies. I'd make it not just for
violent felonies, but for ANY felonies. Three felonies and
you're in the can for a long time. It's really all about career
criminals. Why should we law-abiding citizens have to put up
with being the victims of those few people who prefer prison to
freedom, who can't function in the outside world?  I'd make some
exceptions, such as felonies regarding most drug laws. America's
drug laws are just plain dumb.  Yes, we'd have to build more
prisons. We could designate one city to house career criminals
in a new prison. It would have to be a city where the criminals
would feel right at home: Waterbury. We could call it the John
G. Rowland State Penitentiary for Career Criminals. Criminals
would shorten the name, of cours