Byron Dorgan: “If the Federal Government is part of the problem, then let us solve that part of the problem that we can in Federal law.…”

“If the Federal Government is part of the problem, then let us solve that part of the problem that we can in Federal law. I will say this. There are some States--and I do not know what Michigan does--there are some States that provide over 430 days a year of good time credit for every year a violent prisoner serves. I am saying to the States, ``Look, if these people committed multiple murders, I don't want you giving them a year-off credit for every year they spend in jail.'' Put them there and keep them there.”