Array of sweeping criminal justice proposals. “It’s the most potent bill introduced in Congress to date to actually end mass incarceration,” said Inimai M. Chettiar, director of the justice program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Booker also had a role in pushing the criminal justice overhaul signed by President Trump last fall, particularly its shortening of sentences for some offenders and expanded job training for prisoners, among other changes. Booker introduced one anti-merger bill that would impose a moratorium on mergers of large grocery companies and farms. Jobs guarantee pilot.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2019 16:06 UTC