Blaming the First Step Act for problems that are caused by deliberate prosecutorial inaction is about the same as getting your cavity filled by your dentist one day, and the next day when your basement floods blaming your dentist for the flooding.
Durbin criticizes the misattribution of crime issues to the First Step Act.
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