So after twenty-plus years of declining crime rates, Alaska joined the Obama hand-wringers who decided we were keeping career criminals in jail too long and mistreating those mythical "first-time, non-violent drug offenders" by locking them up for lengthy periods. Alaska decided to re-adopt the failed catch and release policies of years gone by because it's just soooo mean to keep drug dealers in jail. Now we are getting a glimpse of what that misplaced concern is going to cost. Early release, early parole, short sentences, lower bail, more Own Recognizance releases and a vastly larger crime rate. Swell !