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Congressman Bill Flores can play lead role in reforming criminal drug sentencing
Originally appeared in WacoTrib.com By: Mark Osler, Board of Contributors Criminal sentencing policy will always involve a balance between two important ideals: Liberty and safety. Absolute safety can be achieved only through great expense in liberty…
Criminal Justice Reform: There’s Bipartisan Hope
Originally Posted on RealClear Politics By: James Arkin This final part of RealClearPolitics’ series on security issues in the 2016 campaign focuses on crime and personal safety. Part 1 was a national overview, Part 2…
Law Enforcement Leaders to Mitch McConnell: Pass Sentencing Reform
Originally appeared in May Newsletter for Law Enforcement Laders Last week Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and other senators unveiled the long-awaited revisions to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The bill reduces mandatory…
Grassley’s work on sentencing reform is promising
Originally appeared in the Des Moines Register By: Mary Reinking Our country seems to be swimming in an ocean of political partisanship. It feels as though there is no room in Washington for true conversation, compromise…
Why our Jewish and Christian faiths demand criminal justice reform
Originally appeared in Religion News Service By: Jonah Dov Pesner and Barrett Duke (RNS) A common theme invoked in both the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Christian holiday of Easter is the portrayal of suffering…
Conservative Principles Can Help End Unnecessary Pretrial Jail Time
Originally appeared in Huffington Post By: Marc Levin The right and left don’t seem to align on much these days — especially in an election year — but one clear exception is the need to…
David Perdue Wrong on Justice Reform
Originally appeared in GeorgiaPol.com By: Jason Pye On Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), unveiled improvements to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 2123. The measure is…
Congress Should Follow the Red States’ Lead on Criminal-Justice Reform
Originally appeared in National Review By: Adam Brandon, Timothy Head, Marc Levin & Grover Norquist Nearly ten years ago, in 2007, Texas faced $527 million in immediate prison-construction costs, and $2 billion in additional costs by…
As Drug Sentencing Debate Rages, ‘Ridiculous’ Sentences Persist
Originally appeared in NBC News By: Jon Schuppe When he was an addict and petty criminal, Leo Guthmiller knew little, and cared less, about the federal government’s harsh drug sentencing laws. The worst he’d endured was…
The Daily Signal: Republican Leaders Throw Weight Behind Prison Reform
The Republican National Committee today adopted a resolution in support of reforming the nation’s criminal justice laws, in a significant sign of bipartisan consensus to undo mass incarceration in America. In the one-page resolution, obtained…
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