This afternoon the White House announced President Trump’s intention to support and sign the First Step Act, a sweeping bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. Trump had previously been a proponent of the bill, even making clear that he would overrule then-AG Sessions (who was ardently opposed to any kind of reform) if he opposed it.This is an op-ed from the NYT, but does contain a good summary of the bill: www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/opinion/criminal-justice-reform.html
I agree we need a real ‘honest’ look. We do have too many nonviolent men and women incarcerated for years that today the ‘crime’ they were guilty of is almost legal today!I agree it is a good step but we do need a relook at the FULL prisons that are schools for hardened criminals AT TIMES________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/