The Christian Post interviewed activist and former convict Louis L. Reed about a new documentary about the First Step Act, criminal justice reform and his born-again Christian experience.
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson a graduate of St. George’s School in Middletown is facing a number of new controversies.
According to multiple reports along with photos, Carlson’s 1991 college yearbook at Trinity College has him listing himself as being part of the “Dan White Society.”
Milk at the time was the first openly gay elected official in the history of California.
“Tucker Carlson appears to endorse Harvey Milk s murderer in college yearbook,” reports The Week.
His yearbook profile also lists him as being part of the Jesse Helms Foundation.
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anyone who s been incarcerated and then released should then have to check in with mental health experts. francisco was scheduled for a court appearance on october 15th regarding that incident involving his ex-girlfriend. nearly two weeks before that date, pine was killed. republican senator tom cotton, an outspoken critic of the first step act, said this case is upsetting, but it s not a surprise, letting violent felons out of prison early as the first step act did leads to more crime and more victims. but other lawmakers who helped pass the law stood by it in the wake of pine s death. the bill doesn t attempt to address all the ills within our system. reporter: congresswoman karen bass cited the pine case during an oversight hearing on the new law. i hope this does not detract from the need in our country to really examine our criminal justice system. reporter: rhode island state senator sam bell, who represents the district where pine was killed, says the problem is not with
since the first step act was ushered in late last year. federal officials say it appears francisco s case is the first example of someone released under the act going on to be accused of murder. it s a flawed system. it s a beautiful program to get people to come home that don t need to be dieing in jail. there s got to be more steps. some people have to be held accountable. reporter: nearly three months before pine s murder, police in providence had a run-in with francisco. this police report shows he was arrested and charged with domestic violence and attempted breaking and entering. this after police say francisco, armed with a knife, attempted to break into his ex-girlfriend s home. an attorney representing francisco in that case has not responded to multiple requests for comment. francisco s ex-girlfriend says she has concerns about her safety and did not want to speak on camera. she went on to say that francisco should not have been released, and he says that
are devastated. they re mourning the loss of troy pine, stabbed to death the night of october 2nd. it happened at this popular lounge in providence, rhode island. the motive still unclear. the suspect now behind bars. my family wants answers. reporter: this past february, francisco was released from federal prison. he had served 14 years of a life sentence for selling drugs like crack cocaine, but his sentence was reduced to time served, and he was let out. why? francisco was released under the first step act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill signed into law by president trump last december. many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling the act a way to address those nonviolent offenders serving unduly harsh penalties. according to the department of justice, more than 4,700 federal inmates have been released early