Senators revive bipartisan criminal justice reform bill

By artappraiser on Wed, 10/04/2017 - 6:11pm |

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin are (D-IL) re-introducing a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that never made it to the floor last year. It calls for lower minimum sentences for drug offenders, targets violent criminals and calls for a National Criminal Justice Commission to conduct a review of the criminal justice system.

Why it matters: The Senators hope that the bill can receive bipartisan support by reducing sentences for non-violent drug offenders, but still enforcing harsher sentences for violent criminals [....]

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https://www.axios.com/senators-revive-bipartisan-bill-calling-for-criminal-justice-reform-2492957291.html