Stephanie Tubbs Jones said "I recognize that often in response to incidents or occurrences we want to jump up and pass legislation that we think will have a deterrent impact. But I say to Members, as one who has not only enforced the law but has been required to impose sentences, that a response of placing another mandatory sentence on the books of these United States is not the appropriate response. Judges need discretion. Judges need the opportunity to assess the facts, look at the law, and impose the appropriate sentence. I support AMBER Alert. I wish that in the many cases that I had and I prosecuted for 8 years that we had an AMBER Alert system; and I am confident that many more young people across the country would have in fact been returned to their families had we had the system. I am 100 percent in support. I speak out in favor of it." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 10, 2003

I recognize that often in response to incidents or occurrences we want to jump up and pass legislation that we think will have a deterrent impact. But I say to Members, as one who has not only enforced the law but has been required to impose sentences, that a response of placing another mandatory sentence on the books of these United States is not the appropriate response. Judges need discretion. Judges need the opportunity to assess the facts, look at the law, and impose the appropriate sentence. I support AMBER Alert. I wish that in the many cases that I had and I prosecuted for 8 years that we had an AMBER Alert system; and I am confident that many more young people across the country would have in fact been returned to their families had we had the system. I am 100 percent in support. I speak out in favor of it.

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Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for judicial discretion and support for the AMBER Alert system.

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