A Victory for Bi-Partisanship and Donald J Trump
It took a little time and wrangling but Senate leader Mitch McConnell finally brought the bill up for a vote. By a 87-12 vote the US Senate passed a sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Bill. Bipartisanship raised it's handsome head in the last days of the 115th Congress. The House will eventually consider the Senate version of a Bill the House passed in May.
This Bill would arguably make America's criminal justice system fairer and it completely counters Bill Clinton's Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. That was the tough crime bill which established the famous "three strikes" mandatory life sentence for repeat offenders, raised funding for prisons and policing. The Bill the Senate passed today emphasizes rehabilitation rather than punishment.
The Bill will also save money, give judges more leeway and reduces prison time for non-violent offenders.
Congrats to the President and Congress. Eventually we shall see how the highly touted "criminal justice reform" works out
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We have come full circle.
Clinton signs the "One Strike and You're Out" policy
You forget this all started under the leadership of Ronald Reagan and, his "War on Drugs".
It was the Clinton's who passed and supported that war not just on the drugs but on the criminals as well:
"In 1996, she (Hillary Clinton) made an appearance at a small college in New Hampshire and defended the crime bill her husband had signed into law two years prior. In her remarks, she talked about the growing problem in some communities with rising rates of crime.
“They are often the kinds of kids that are called ‘superpredators.’ No conscience, no empathy,” she said at the time. “We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel.”
Good article, thanks Vic.
I agree with this, but it also should be on a case by case basis... There are some people that rehab simply will not work on.
like soon to be convicted family members of an unindicted co-conspirator currently holding public office?
The US locked too many people up for too long so this reform is long overdue.
Though Trump supported this it was Obama first championed these reforms...
If this is a victory then it is a victory for common sense and for bipartisanship.
Great! We're almost home.