Bill Delahunt: “as I was saying, every single inmate that was incarcerated for first degree murder is still serving that time. It has…”

“as I was saying, every single inmate that was incarcerated for first degree murder is still serving that time. It has nothing to do with this particular amendment. At the same time I hear the gentleman from Florida telling or instructing or exhorting 22 States to get with it. Well, I would suggest to the gentleman that the reality is that those 22 States would show a decline in the reduction of violence as significant as those that are in compliance. The bottom line, and I know the gentleman shares this concern, and this is his purpose, is to see crime and violence reduced in America. But if the program is not working, it makes sense to take another look at it.”