For the dumb law of the week, we go to Iowa, where the state legislature has been trying to pass a bill to reduce the prison population. Instead, they passed a bill raising the penalties for powder cocaine to more closely resemble those for crack cocaine. The result: There will be an increase in Iowa's jail population.

Under the new law, the penalties for powder will be raised so that crack penalties will only be 10 times the penalty for powder, instead of the current ratio of 100:1.

Only in the 'Twilight Zone,' which is the Legislature, could a bill start with the concept of trying to do something with sentencing reform . . . and end up with a bill that will increase our prison population," said Rep. Kevin McCarthy, a Des Moines Democrat and former assistant attorney general.

Crack Cocaine penalties are absurdly high. They should come down to match penalties for powder, not the otherway around. We call this the "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right" bill.