Does the plan make the ex cons pull their pants up when they go in for an interview? Obviously little can be done about the gang tattoos covering their necks.
If you can’t take the rape, don’t pull the jape.
Exactly correct. "Minimum sentences" are like "zero tolerance" policies: they eliminate common sense and critical thinking from the decision making process and that is what's hurting this country the most in every single respect.
I have no idea of the FIRST STEP Act is a good law or a bad one. I really don't give a sh!t, in fact. Criminal justice reform doesn't even show up on a list of the 50 most important issues facing anyone I know. In fact, I've never even heard this raised as a matter of concern by anyone other than political figures representing unemployable misfits.
“Even as we feel a moral command to ensure our criminal justice system reflects our values, it is important to remember that the First Step Act is not an article of faith, but based on proven results in states across the country. Indeed, it is red states most of all like Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina that have proven we can both cut crime and incarceration at the same time.”
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I am on the front lines of the past three years of GA’s justice reform efforts and I can say with first hand knowledge and experience that it is NOT working. In fact, it is so bad that you have to take your FOIA to court before they will let you see how bad the numbers on recidivism and new convictions are getting. Luckily, our new Governor is going to put a stop to much of it (Kemp).
This author is peddling absolute bullshit.
Thank you Ken Blackwell...I can’t say the same for some of the immature retorts here. This should be passed as it stands. Also folks should check out Candace Owens’ Tweets...she really hammers the black caucus losers...none of which likely even read the bill...
I wonder what Jared thinks of this?