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The National Criminal Justice Act of 2009- will undertake a top-to bottom review of our entire criminal justice system and offer recommendations for reform"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Senator Jim Webb of VA has introduced The National Criminal Justice Act of 2009 today. I encourage you to take a few minutes and read the full-bill http://webb.senate.gov/email/incardocs/CriminalJusticeReform_Legislation.pdf Here is a fact sheet on the Bill (http://webb.senate.gov/email/incardocs/FactSheeti.pdf), which according to Senator Webb will be "undertake a top-to-bottom review of our entire criminal justice system" and to offer recommendations for reform." Please encourage your Senators and Congresspeople to support passage of the Act. Here is part of Webb's statement: The National Criminal Justice Act of 2009 that I introduced in the Senate on March 26, 2009 will create a blue-ribbon commission to look at every aspect of our criminal justice system with an eye toward reshaping the process from top to bottom...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).