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No state is more lenient toward criminals than Texas. Every criminal with no prior [[felony]] conviction is eligible for [[probation]]. There are eight different kinds of probation. . . . Forty-five percent of all prisoners are repeat offenders. Thus there are very few nonviolent first offenders in prison, and nearly all of those have already failed the court's attempt at alternative punishment. The convicts in prison are there because they deserve to be. [While prison cells are expensive], not providing those cells is far more expensive. . . . A typical multi-offender inmate will commit 187 crimes per year, for a total crime cost to society of $430,000. With this comparison, the $25,800 cost of imprisoning criminals seems reasonable."<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=TC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Judge+Tryon+D.+Lewis#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Tryon%20D.%20Lewis&f=false|title=Judge Tryon D. Lewis, 161st State District Court, Letter to the Editor|publisher=Google Books: ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]|date=April 1989)|page=14|accessdate=July 15, 2010}}</ref></blockquote>
No state is more lenient toward criminals than Texas. Every criminal with no prior [[felony]] conviction is eligible for [[probation]]. There are eight different kinds of probation. ... Forty-five percent of all prisoners are repeat offenders. Thus there are very few nonviolent first offenders in prison, and nearly all of those have already failed the court's attempt at alternative punishment. The convicts in prison are there because they deserve to be. [While prison cells are expensive], not providing those cells is far more expensive. . . . A typical multi-offender inmate will commit 187 crimes per year, for a total crime cost to society of $430,000. With this comparison, the $25,800 cost of imprisoning criminals seems reasonable."<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=TC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Judge+Tryon+D.+Lewis#v=onepage&q=Judge%20Tryon%20D.%20Lewis&f=false|title=Judge Tryon D. Lewis, 161st State District Court, Letter to the Editor|publisher=Google Books: ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]]|date=April 1989)|page=14|accessdate=July 15, 2010}}</ref></blockquote>
==Legislative service==
==Legislative service==