Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Fox News-Nov. 15, 2018 – 3:41 – Republican Senator Mike Lee from Utah supports the First Step Act that aims to provide more rehab programs and give judges more sentencing leeway.
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Fox News – Nov. 14, 2018 – 4:32 – Kelley Paul explains how the First Step Act hopes to ease drug sentences and provide more resources.
Originally Published by: Fox News Written by: Newt Gingrich & Pat Nolan America’s criminal justice system is badly broken, and the next few weeks will determine the fate of efforts to fix it. We should not continue pouring billions of…
Originally Published by: National Review Written By: Sen. Mike Lee Tom Cotton’s criticisms of the bill do not survive scrutiny. As a former federal prosecutor, I am clear-eyed about crime. Unlike some reformers, I don’t think our justice system is…
Originally Published by: Washington Post Written By: Mary Clare Jalonick | AP WASHINGTON — Republican senators debated the path forward for an overhaul of the nation’s criminal sentencing laws Tuesday after a visit from Vice President Mike Pence, suggesting parts of the bill…
Originally Published by: Reason Written By: C.J. Claramella In 2014, 26-year-old Tennessee resident Chris Young was sentenced to life in federal prison for a drug offense. The judge in his case had no choice but to sentence him to die…
YouTube-President Trump Participates in a Roundtable on the FIRST STEP Act
Originally Published by: Politico Written by: Lorraine Woellert The Faith and Freedom Coalition will ask members to flood Mitch McConnell and other Republicans with calls backing the Senate legislation. Religious leaders buoyed by a successful alliance with the Trump administration…
Originally Published by: Town Hall Written by: Michelle Malkin The package of criminal justice reform proposals endorsed by President Donald Trump is not “soft” on crime. It’s tough on injustice. And it’s about time. Known as the “First Step Act,”…
Originally Published by: National Review By: Jack Crowe In a Monday tweet, Senator Mike Lee of Utah lambasted his Republican colleague, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, for spreading “fake news” about the bipartisan criminal-justice-reform bill currently making its way through…