Bacon's Rebellion

Democrats Slow Down on Criminal Justice Reform

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Dick Hall-Sizemore
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5 responses to “Democrats Slow Down on Criminal Justice Reform”

  1. Steve Haner Avatar
    Steve Haner

    We’ll see how the Daily Press maintains that effort following the most recent downsizing (sigh).

  2. LarrytheG Avatar
    LarrytheG

    so… one wonders if a lot of this legislation was proposed/requested by the Dems in the years the GOP controlled and little if any got done even as compromises and now the dam has burst?

    OR – were all these changes not proposed in prior years and the Dems, once they got control – worked their fannies off to get their ducks in a row on this?

    I’m sure part of this is the current political environment where the ones who control are more interested in saying “my way or the highways” and not too much “can we do a meet-in-the middle compromise”?

    The GOP pretty much followed the “my way or else” template with the guns issue.

    Some of this has come about because the two parties now influence and exert more control over their respective members to the point where some of them fear the party more than elections.

    We’re in a world of hurt these days when compromise is summarily rejected and the “my way” of who holds the majority is the default path.

    And now, the losers say they are going to succeed or go join another state or refuse to implement state law or just “revolution”.

    pretty sad.

    1. WayneS Avatar
      WayneS

      What is wrong with people succeeding? Especially if, as you say, they are currently “losers”?

  3. James A. Bacon Avatar
    James A. Bacon

    Good to see that the Dems are slowing down and actually studying these issues before enacting legislation. Hopefully, they will avoid making really obvious mistakes. As far as the cumulative effect of the entire wave of legislation, I am not optimistic. But I suppose we should be thankful for small favors!

  4. WayneS Avatar
    WayneS

    “That was too much for even the other Democrats on the subcommittee. Under their pressure, the patron agreed to exempt certain violent offenders and those convicted of sex offenses against children from its provisions.”

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    “The bill’s patron seemed to surprise some of his colleagues by asking that the bill be carried over. In his explanation, he made it clear that he was unhappy with some of the exemptions and wanted time over the interim to work on expanding the bill’s scope.”

    I wonder which of the exemptions the bill’s patron was most unhappy about: the violent offenders or the child rapists?

    Either way, if he represented my district I’d have serious concerns about where his priorities lie.

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