At a White House event, Trump threw his weight behind the FIRST STEP Act, a bill that includes major reforms to the federal prison system, as well as four relatively modest provisions that would reduce some of the harshest mandatory minimum sentencing laws in the U.S. Code.
"I'm thrilled to announce my support for this bipartisan bill that will make our communities safer and give second chances," Trump said.
The House version of the bill mainly addresses prison reforms and improves reentry programs and job training for federal inmates.
"Trump is on his way to becoming the uniter-in-chief on an issue that has long divided the nation," Van Jones, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of #cut50, a criminal justice advocacy group, said in a statement.
Trump announced his support for better reentry programs for inmates in his 2017 State of the Union speech, but it was never clear if he would stomach the sentencing reforms that Senate leaders demanded.
On one side, supporting the bill, was Trump son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and conservative criminal justice advocates, such as Mark Holden, the general counsel of Koch Industries and the chairman of Freedom Partners.
Now Sessions is gone, and law enforcement opposition evaporated last week as it became clear Trump would support the bill.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/11/14/trump-endorses-criminal-justice-bill-giv
"I'm thrilled to announce my support for this bipartisan bill that will make our communities safer and give second chances," Trump said.
The House version of the bill mainly addresses prison reforms and improves reentry programs and job training for federal inmates.
"Trump is on his way to becoming the uniter-in-chief on an issue that has long divided the nation," Van Jones, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of #cut50, a criminal justice advocacy group, said in a statement.
Trump announced his support for better reentry programs for inmates in his 2017 State of the Union speech, but it was never clear if he would stomach the sentencing reforms that Senate leaders demanded.
On one side, supporting the bill, was Trump son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and conservative criminal justice advocates, such as Mark Holden, the general counsel of Koch Industries and the chairman of Freedom Partners.
Now Sessions is gone, and law enforcement opposition evaporated last week as it became clear Trump would support the bill.
http://reason.com/blog/2018/11/14/trump-endorses-criminal-justice-bill-giv
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