when the penalty is stiffer for shooting a deer and taking it across the state line than it is for taking the life of so...
If these companies are going to willfully continue to do this, then I think what we have to do is we have to have an age...
Whoever altered that machinery is responsible for this young man dying. And not only should they pay a fine, ... they ou...
If, on the other hand, the primary objective of the greatly increased criminal penalties is to exact retribution from th...
There is something wrong with the law, when an employer, who knowingly endangers his workers, commits a 17-year felony u...
That strongly suggests that the focus on increased criminal sanctions would do little to address the current level of wo...
I respectfully disagree with that view.
I believe those statistics provide a useful point of reference and avoid creating unrealistic expectations.
And I think we are going to do better.
I want to commend Senator Mikulski, who is the Chairwoman of the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommit...
I think it is fortunate we have these programs. Certainly I wish there was no need for them.
I hope we can raise the cap this coming year to devote more than $700 million to crime victims.
I look forward to 25 years of progress, but not 25 years more here in the Senate.
This past Sunday marked the start of National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
Our bill will allow us to go after those people and put them in jail.
I would urge this Committee to consider raising the VOCA cap to $705 million in the 2010 Federal budget.
I think what could help convince the Vermont Legislature to do something like that would be if the Federal matching doll...
Well, we have got a chance to do things that so many of us agree with, and I know this is an area where you have been a ...
