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Sentencing Reform
criminal justice reform
Nov. 20, 2018
Will Mitch McConnell Stand Tall for the Lock-Em-All-Up Racists of His Party?
Trump could probably get his son-in-law’s prison-/sentencing-reform compromise through the Senate with a call to McConnell — but he may not even try.
By
Ed Kilgore
criminal justice reform
Aug. 23, 2018
Trump Overrules Kushner, Puts Hold on Criminal-Justice Reform Bill
In the end, Trump listened to crime demagogues like Tom Cotton instead of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — or his own son-in-law.
By
Ed Kilgore
criminal justice reform
Aug. 20, 2018
Criminal-Justice-Reform Deal Facing Opposition From Left and Right
Trump’s support is crucial to a deal that would add sentencing reforms to a House-passed prison-reform bill. But Cotton and Booker aren’t on board.
By
Ed Kilgore
politics
Aug. 4, 2018
Can Jared Kushner Talk Trump Into a Sentencing Reform Push?
The prospects for a bipartisan sentencing reform bill are looking up now that the president seems supportive and Sessions has been sidelined.
By
Ed Kilgore
Mar. 30, 2016
Obama Just Shortened 61 Drug Offenders’ Prison Sentences
More than a third of them were serving life sentences.
By
Samuel Lieberman
criminal justice
July 11, 2015
Obama Will Visit a Federal Prison Next Week
No sitting U.S. president has ever done that before.
By
Chas Danner