Things You Should Know: hundreds of people are doing life without the possibility of parole for murder, when they didn't kill anyone. (Knowledge, transportaion, being present during the crime.) Our kids are racing their car and someone dies, they are going to prison for as long as possible for manslaughter. Their kids brutally rape a girl on video tape and get 6 years with half time. They try to commit murder and get caught, they get charged with attempted involuntary manslaughter. In California One man hit another with a bat, its an assault with a weapon. They will be charged with attempted murder and end up getting one hundred years in prison. I was busted with a gram of speed in my pocket and they charged me with posession for sale, transportation of a controlled substance, and possession. Always trying for a longer sentence. Why are our prisons overcrowded? You tell me.