Voting nay on a criminal reform bill that would reverse decades of discriminatory practices /Some of which were instituted by the Clintons in the crime bill.. Oh look it’s those same people who sat for the accomplishments of the black community in The State of the Union Address.. I dont know why I should give a shit., am I right? Let these dumbfucks suffer like all EXcons in the past. Dont do the crime if you cant do the time,, dont do it.. Cannabis is legal now and so am I.. Prison Bill Passed House 360–59; Senate May Not Even Vote on It | National Review
A con in china, you get your organs harvested for rich people. So things could be worse in prisons in the US
I don't get the OP's post. I believe it says something like, a bunch of people were hypocrites and didn't vote for reform when they should have? As to the rest, I don't quite understand what's trying to be conveyed.... Most people break several laws in their daily life, such as jay walking... So I don't get the whole "tough on crime" movement. One day, it could be you behind bars, and you'll sure as hell wish prison reform had passed.
One of the biggest problems is, I feel, the lack of representation. "Public pretenders" earn their label. It shouldn't be like that. If they want to earn a crappy label, do it some other way, not when someone's future is on the line. No matter if it's 1 to 5 or 20 to life, misrepresentation is just plain criminal. If anything malicious prosecution should net the cop/prosecutor/judge/perp double the maximum sentence of the person they victimized.
It seems some voted against First Step because they want a better bill that includes sentencing reform * First Step passed the House in May with only prison reform included, earning support from virtually all Republicans and more than two-thirds of Democrats. Generally speaking, those Democrats who held out did so on the principle that criminal justice reform legislation must include sentencing reform. A number of prominent senators, including the Republican judiciary committee chairman, Chuck Grassley, and progressive Democrats, blasted the bill for not including sentencing reform. From the Guardian Senator Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), who as chairman of the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over the bill, favors a much more expansive bill, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, which he is co-sponsoring with Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat. Grassley and Durbin are insisting that the FIRST STEP Act be rolled into their bill. But their legislation, which is indeed worthwhile, is being blocked by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell because the White House won’t sign off on some provisions. In the meantime, prison reform goes nowhere. From the National Review article cited in the OP
Interesting the meme published above showing the all the black democrats that voted nay seems to be all over alt-right websites, I wonder why?
This is the first thing I thought about when I saw @Orison post that. They probably want a better foot in the door.
Soul Yes and it wasn’t had to find – it is in the very article that Orison cited in his own post – so I’m unsure why he seems to imply that this was somehow a nefarious act and i'm not sure why there seemed to be an emphasis on them being black?
If anyone is interested here is the argument against the bill set out by a number of civil rights and other interested groups and institutions. Vote “No” on The FIRST STEP Act | The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
