Colorado's criminal justice system, like many others across the United States, is a dynamic entity, constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of society
straight year with police force to small since 1970s and president biden with republican-led measure to block d.c. from changing sentencing laws. in the tweet the president supports statehood but i don t support some of the changes d.c. council put forward over the objection such as lowering penalties for carjackings votes to overturn d.c. council did come i will sign it. aoc with a housing probe outrage over the president s decision tweeting this ain t it, d.c. has a right to govern itself like any other state or municipality. the president supports bc it should govern like it and penny plastic was that the president may disagree with and he should expect the governing of d.c. like he does elsewhere. this is what the d.c. city city council proposed reducing maximum sentencing getting rid of every mandatory sentence allowing the jury trials and all
view, that is not the government s view, but view, that is not the government s view, but we view, that is not the government s view, but we are united in this party view, but we are united in this party in view, but we are united in this party in wanting to be absolutely relentless in bearing down on crime and making relentless in bearing down on crime and making sure people are safe and feel safe, and making sure people are safe and feel safe, and that is why we need to tighten feel safe, and that is why we need to tighten up sentencing laws for the most to tighten up sentencing laws for the most violent criminal so they spend the most violent criminal so they spend longer in prison and we are on our way spend longer in prison and we are on our way to spend longer in prison and we are on our way to having 20,000 more police officers our way to having 20,000 more police officers on our way to having 20,000 more police officers on our streets, and giving these
my sentence was 150 years. that s right, 150 years. he s served 20 so far. estein s case is a prime example of harsh sentencing laws or both drug dealers and especially users. the legacy of the government s decades long war on drugs. more than 450,000 people in america are locked up for a drug offense. brian stevenson says criminalizing drug addiction is misguided. we said those people are criminals. and we didn t have to say that. we could have said their drug addiction and drug dependency is a health problem. is that why are jails are so full? absolutely. if you re looking for one explanation, this misguided war on drugs would be at the top of the list. but things have been changing. you may have heard of the first step act signed into law late last year by president