If you have three nonviolent crimes, you could still get the same sentence as someone who has committed three violent crimes.

By comparison, this is much like an internal affairs (IA) division within a local police department.

Funding is our first hurdle.

Certainly we hope to use this 500 to address the number of inmates in county jails over the 30-day limit.

We are targeting larger vehicles initially in our hybrid strategy because that's where we can get the greatest impact, focusing on vehicles that consume the largest amount of fuel.

Just consider the image the auto industry, and particularly Detroit, has on a national basis. We can show just how high- tech we really are.