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2016 Postmortem

MerryBlooms

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20. Yep, best to stop because you haven't been able to support your OP.

Reply to NCTraveler (Reply #19)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 08:17 PM

Mar 2016

It's better to accuse a Democrat of being a conservative than prove your claims.
The President cannot change state law when it comes to sentencing or prisons.

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Here are 9 ways Hillary will reform our criminal justice system. [View all] NCTraveler Mar 2016 OP

I wish she would come out in opposition to the death penalty. Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #1

+1 State sanctioned murder needs to be done away with. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #3

Thank you! k8conant Mar 2016 #8

Yup! Capital punishment needs to go. Chan790 Mar 2016 #25

"nonviolent drug offenders in prison longer than they need to be"- so how long do pot smokers NEED Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #2

Pot smokers don't need to be in prisons. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #5

We agree there. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #6

We need to be passionate about this at the local level. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #10

And, legalization WORKS. It is working. Warren DeMontague Mar 2016 #23

Apparently Hillary Clinton disagrees with you. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #28

Correct. Not the only issue either. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #29

Fair enough. Also note the following: "will give judges more discretion over sentencing" PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #30

I don't find them to be contradictory... NCTraveler Mar 2016 #32

Exactly = drug offenses should not exist k8conant Mar 2016 #7

I don't agree that drug offenses should not exist. Nt NCTraveler Mar 2016 #11

Which would you want to keep? k8conant Mar 2016 #14

Your driving one is way out there. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #18

10. By asking the warden for more time in the yard to stretch her legs Matt_in_STL Mar 2016 #4

ROFLMAO!!! truebrit71 Mar 2016 #22

Ni-i-ice!! bvf Mar 2016 #35

Suh-weeeeet!! kath Mar 2016 #36

SO MANY SANDERS fan complain the Hillary fans do not want to discuss issues, but riversedge Mar 2016 #39

While I may agree with those opinions, aren't prisons/law enforcement a state issue? MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #9

Yes. That doesn't mean the Feds are out of it. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #12

I think the feds are out of it. MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #13

You are very wrong on that. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #16

What specifically listed the OP is under federal jurisdiction? MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #17

Just going to stop here. NCTraveler Mar 2016 #19

Yep, best to stop because you haven't been able to support your OP. MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #20

thanks for that link. riversedge Mar 2016 #40

Cruel and unusual punishment is a federal issue k8conant Mar 2016 #15

That's not the OP focus. MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #21

It would be a federal reform as stated in the OP k8conant Mar 2016 #24

Capital punishment is left to the states. MerryBlooms Mar 2016 #27

What constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment (a phrase from the Constitution) is left to... PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #34

Note that there still is a federal death penalty and still are some federal prisoners on death row. PoliticAverse Mar 2016 #31

Just more pie-in-the-sky impossibles that Bernie... excuse me, HILLARY is promising. AzDar Mar 2016 #37

Round up those young, urban superpredators and bring them to heel! BillZBubb Mar 2016 #26

She still think pot should not be legal. She is so damn clueless. nt Logical Mar 2016 #33

She won't have much control over most of that madville Mar 2016 #38