I think we have a great opportunity not to talk about how we got here, but this darn thing isn't working.
If we can deal with that problem, then they won't have the other end to worry about as to whether or not his sentence and the disparity shou...
It is not working for Blacks. It is not working for minorities. It is not working for our country.
it would make a lot of sense to see how much does it cost to have these people locked up, what good purpose is being served, and what impact...
This is a remarkable time in our Nation's history as we have a President that really doesn't believe that how things have acted in the past ...
The commission and our judges know how to do their job, so you need to let them do it.
Locking up people in jail doesn't make any monetary sense, doesn't make any social justice sense.
we have to review what we have done with our criminal justice system that allow us to believe that putting over 2 million people in jail is ...
I hope our other Members will co-sponsor my bill, H.R. 1459, and listened to the increased calls to end the decades of illegal discriminatio...
My bill, H.R. 1459, the 'Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009,' does just that.
The Major Drug Traffickers Prosecution Act of 2009 goes to the root of the problem by creating a more just system.