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NY Times editorial backs Senator Jim Webb's reform plans

By Douglas A. Berman

This morning the New York Times has this editorial, titled "Reviewing Criminal Justice," which praises Senator Jim Webb's crime and punishment reform bill.  Here are excerpts: America?s criminal justice system needs repair.  Prisons are overcrowded, sentencing policies are uneven and often unfair, ex-convicts are poorly integrated into society, and the growing problem of gang violence has not received the attention it deserves. For these and other reasons, a bill introduced last week by Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, should be given high priority on the Congressional calendar. The bill, which has strong bipartisan support, would establish a national commission to review the system from top to bottom.  It is long overdue, and should be up and running as soon as possible...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 30, 2009 (boomark / email).