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Criminal Justice Accountability

Posted By Rev Young On 11. June 2009 @ 11:50 In Legal News, Juvenile Reform Advocates | No Comments

Senator Webb has made a bold proposal that the United States create a commission to study, review and report on the condition of our criminal justice system in this nation.  Some of you may remember a commission that was created several years ago to investigate the practices and conditions of our nations prisons.  If you have not heard of, or read this report, you may find it at [1] www.prisoncommission.org.  From the findings of this commission, several programs and ideas have launched that eventually will bring change to our practices of incareration. 

This next commission will investigate the entire system of criminal justice from start to finish.  Many leaders, law makers and legislative members have come to the conclusion that our entire system is broken and in severe need of reform.  There will be a hearing today on this very legislation.  See below.

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The U.S. Senate is holding a hearing today on Senator Jim Webb’s (D-Va.) bill, S. 714, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009.  The bill would create a commission charged with conducting a top-to-bottom review of the nation’s criminal justice system and offering concrete recommendations for reform.
 
The hearing, entitled “Exploring the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009,” will be webcast live at 3 p.m. EST. To learn more about the hearing and to watch it, follow this link:  [2] http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3906   
 
FAMM believes the commission will find that any comprehensive reform of our criminal justice system must include eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing laws. FAMM is submitting testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs endorsing the legislation and encouraging the commission to reject one-size-fits-all sentencing.   
 
We need your help to ensure that S. 714 makes it through the next legislative hurdle, passing out of committee and going to the Senate floor. One way to encourage movement is to build Senate support for the bill and increase the number of cosponsors. Please write your senators after the hearing and thank them for cosponsoring the bill, or ask them to become cosponsors of S. 714. [3] Click here to use FAMM’s action center to write your senators.
 
Thank you for supporting FAMM and sentencing justice.  We will update you on the status of this legislation through emails and our website, [4] www.famm.org. 
 
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[1] www.prisoncommission.org: http://www.prisoncommission.org/
[2] http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=3906: http://capwiz.com/famm/utr/1/LUPUKQQPAR/OTYHKQSFRP/3467892801
[3] Click here: http://capwiz.com/famm/utr/1/LUPUKQQPAR/MWVRKQSFRQ/3467892801
[4] www.famm.org: http://capwiz.com/famm/utr/1/LUPUKQQPAR/FMRIKQSFRR/3467892801

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