Criminal Justice Reform

Alvin Kennard sits in the courtroom before his hearing in Bessemer, Alabama. Kennard, sentenced to life in prison in 1983, for stealing $50.75 will have his time cut short after being resentenced to time served. Kennard, 58, was ordered to be released from prison Wednesday after serving 36 years and is set to be processed out by the Alabama Department of Corrections. It's unclear when Kennard will be released.

Crime

Man who spent 36 years in prison for stealing $50 from a bakery is now set to be freed

Zach Halaschak -

August 30, 2019 4:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

New Bureau of Prisons leadership should focus on rehabilitation

Mark Holden -

August 21, 2019 5:40 pm

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders looks on as panel members discuss his criminal justice reform plan during a town hall meeting on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Columbia, S.C.

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders’ criminal justice reform plan is actually pretty good

Brad Polumbo -

August 21, 2019 1:45 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the Iowa State Fair, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Campaigns

Bernie Sanders commends Koch groups for advocating criminal justice reform ‘for some of the right reasons’

Emily Brooks -

August 18, 2019 7:06 pm

Then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on Aug. 12, 1974.

News

Biden in 1976: Criminals should be punished instead of rehabilitated

Alana Goodman -

August 14, 2019 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Justice for Cyntoia Brown

Madeline Fry Schultz -

August 9, 2019 3:00 am

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden listens during the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit.

Beltway Confidential

Booker’s position on criminal justice is a crime against common sense

Quin Hillyer -

August 1, 2019 1:36 am

Former Vice President Joe Biden walks onstage.

News

‘Cheerleader for the drug war’: Biden’s criminal justice past makes him debate target

Kerry Picket -

July 31, 2019 5:42 pm

News

Biden breaks pledge to lay off rivals by attacking Booker on race and crime

Joseph Simonson -

July 24, 2019 9:24 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Beltway Confidential

Tucker Carlson and John Kennedy get the First Step Act all wrong

Washington Examiner -

July 24, 2019 8:55 pm

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Tag: Criminal Justice Reform

Man who spent 36 years in prison for stealing $50 from a bakery is now set to be freed

New Bureau of Prisons leadership should focus on rehabilitation

Bernie Sanders’ criminal justice reform plan is actually pretty good

Bernie Sanders commends Koch groups for advocating criminal justice reform ‘for some of the right reasons’

Biden in 1976: Criminals should be punished instead of rehabilitated

Justice for Cyntoia Brown

Booker’s position on criminal justice is a crime against common sense

‘Cheerleader for the drug war’: Biden’s criminal justice past makes him debate target

Biden breaks pledge to lay off rivals by attacking Booker on race and crime

Tucker Carlson and John Kennedy get the First Step Act all wrong

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