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13. It was supported by Newt Gingrich...

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 08:04 PM

Nov 2021

The measure was endorsed by the editorial board of The New York Times, which praised it as a way to reduce overcrowding in the state's prisons.[10] It was also endorsed by the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times, which wrote that the measure was a "good and timely measure that can help the state make smarter use of its criminal justice and incarceration resources."[11] The American Civil Liberties Union also supported the measure and donated $3.5 million to support it.[12]

Prominent individual supporters included Jay-Z and Newt Gingrich.[13]

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Democrats are SOFT on Crime! - True or False [View all] tenderfoot Nov 2021 OP

No. Biden certainly isn't. He was a major force in reducing crime in the nineties. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #1

Judges are soft on crime. At least in WI LakeArenal Nov 2021 #2

every violent criminal (esp minority) rampartc Nov 2021 #3

Democrats AFAIK are for protecting the constitutional rights of all people including those... Thomas Hurt Nov 2021 #4

Not the good ones Polybius Nov 2021 #5

Depends on the Democrat Zeitghost Nov 2021 #6

No more than Republicans are. But it's a RW talking point. GoodRaisin Nov 2021 #7

Vermont is pretty soft on crime janterry Nov 2021 #8

The right is better at messaging. Fear sells LeftInTX Nov 2021 #9

California's Prop 47 changed the law to change what were once felonies into misdemeanors IcyPeas Nov 2021 #10

Prop 47 is a disaster Mz Pip Nov 2021 #11

It was supported by Newt Gingrich... tenderfoot Nov 2021 #13

I'd like to think we are smarter on crime, SYFROYH Nov 2021 #12

That trope is so 80's Soft on crime MagickMuffin Nov 2021 #14