Many sentences are excessively long because mandatory sentencing policies do not allow sentencing judges the discretion to distinguish between hardened criminals and those amenable to rehabilitation and preparation for successful re-entry. |
No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education. |
Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have. |
Obviously, we have work to do to complete the promise of the Brown decision and Dr. King's dream for our nation. |
One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so. |
Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think. |
Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities. |
So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues. |
Some young athletes are using the drugs with the belief that they can become great in their sport and gain money and fame. |
Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly. |
Taking a look at this issue is something we really need to do. This disparity cannot continue. |
The after-school programs that have been disparaged are the kinds of things that will actually reduce gang involvement. |
The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. |
The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law. |
The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years. |