Word: victimless
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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What can be done? The obvious answer is to erase some laws from the books. So-called "victimless" crimes like public intoxication, for example, devour court time across the country. Drug offenses account for 51% of all serious criminal cases in Los Angeles. If legislators repealed penalties for crimes like gambling and pot-smoking, the courts could obviously focus on the major crimes they now handle so badly...