Criminal justice reform was one of her campaign promises. Pres. Clinton is just doing what she campaigned on.. . . Nah, they traded it for criminal justice reform; something I reckon they could’ve gotten from the GOP anyway. Well, that and PR statehood. . .
She was challenged during the campaign by Black Lives Matter and others, in fact, very valid criticism. When her husband Bill was president during the ‘90s, she supported mandatory minimums. But then, kind of everyone and their brother did including the Congressional Black Caucus. She made a really unfortunate statement, that whatever you want to do to prevent future crime, with current criminals, you first bring them to heel.
Ouch! Really unfortunate. Well, back then, she was trying to appear tough and effective on crime. And I think she succeeded, perhaps just a little bit too much!
Thank goodness, that one news commentator said, I’ll take effective on crime, you can keep your tough. And that kind of became a meme.
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Later Edit: Yes, I’ll admit it, I do think Pres. Clinton could have better finessed the CJRA 2017 though Congress.
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