Gutting Habeas Corpus

[Jim Lane]

4. Your post is misleading in this context.

The OP talks about the gutting of habeas corpus that occurred through the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. You respond by asserting that Sanders "voted for the crime bill", which might lead some people to think that your phrase "the crime bill" referred to the AEDPA and that Sanders therefore supported it.

The fact, as shown in the official roll-call tally, is that Bernie Sanders, who was then in the House, voted against the bill. Unfortunately, it passed both houses, and was signed into law by Bill Clinton.

The unrelated votes that you refer to have been addressed elsewhere. The issues involved are well known to anyone who's been following the debate here, so I won't repeat old material. What this thread adds, very valuably, is the ill effects that resulted from Clinton's attempt to play tough guy through the AEDPA.