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For more than 3 decades, we've enacted sentencing policies that are racially and ethnically biased and have contributed to incarceration on a scale that exists nowhere else in the world. Decades of past experience have shown that we cannot punish ourselves out of this crisis. 1/
Unfortunately, the Trump administration is using the same broken playbook on criminal justice. They're seeking a decidedly punitive approach to America’s drug problem – one that seeks to increase already disproportionate sentences for drug offenses & employ the death penalty. 2/
This is more than just a criminal justice issue – it is a public health issue. Therefore, we cannot incarcerate our way out of this crisis. 3/
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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Package #cjreform

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.@senjudiciary Committee Chairman @ChuckGrassley is one of 11 original, bipartisan cosponsors of the #SentencingReform & Corrections Act Image
@ChuckGrassley Senate Democratic Whip @SenatorDurbin of Illinois, and @senjudiciary member, also sponsoring the #SentencingReform & Corrections Act Image
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