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eNewsletter - May 3, 2010
Criminal Justice Commission bill introduced
H.R. 5143, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act to create a bipartisan, blue-ribbon commission to conduct a top-to-bottom review of the entire criminal justice system and offer concrete recommendations for reform within 18 months was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. Take Action!
Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.), Darrel Issa (R-Calif.), Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) and Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security have introduced H.R. 5143, the House version of the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2010. Senator Jim Webb (D-Va.) introduced S. 714, the National Criminal Commission Act, on March 26, 2009, which was passed out of Senate Judiciary Committee on January 21, 2010. The bill received widespread bipartisan support and has 37 cosponsors in the Senate, including Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, and Sen. Orrin G Hatch (R-Utah) Judiciary Committee member.
The bills would create a blue-ribbon bipartisan commission charged with undertaking an 18-month comprehensive review of the Nation’s criminal justice system. The Commission will study all areas of the criminal justice system, including federal, state, local and tribal governments’ criminal justice costs, practices, and policies. After conducting the review, the Commission will make recommendations for changes in, or continuation of oversight, policies, practices, and laws designed to prevent, deter, and reduce crime and violence, improve cost-effectiveness, and ensure the interests of justice.
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