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Most Democratic and Republican voters in six crucial election-year states agree that the U.S. criminal justice system locks up too many nonviolent offenders and does too little to help them once they get out, according to poll results released Wednesday.

The survey by the Justice Action Network (JAN), a Washington, D.C.-based criminal justice reform group, found consistent support for softening sentencing practices, drug laws and the way criminal records affect people after they serve their time.

To produce the survey, JAN said it partnered with the The Tarrance Group, a Republican polling firm, to ensure GOP politicians on the campaign trail and Capitol Hill are aware of the results.

“This poll shows that criminal justice reform is not just smart policy, it’s also smart politics,” said JAN Executive Director Holly Harris. “Members on the Hill shouldn’t be afraid of voting for reform. They should be afraid of voting against it.”

About two-thirds of voters — polled by phone in mid-January in Florida, North Carolina, Nevada, Kentucky, Missouri and Wisconsin — said the criminal justice system is unjust and too costly. Harris says she was surprised by the high levels of bipartisan support for reform. Pollsters spoke to 500 people in each state but Florida, where they interviewed 600.

The study directed questions to a representative sample of ages, demographic groups and political affiliations in each state, a JAM representative said.

Harris said there is also broad support for reform among JAN members, which include rights and fiscal responsibility advocacy groups on the left and right. Many Republicans want to see prison populations drop because mass incarceration costs taxpayers billions each year, Harris said, adding that many Democrats argue that that poor and minority populations are jailed at higher rates than white people, often for nonviolent offenses.

On February 18 2016 12:40 oneofthem wrote:
you guys realize im just baiting for posts that display the desired 'irrationalhillary personality hate'

On February 18 2016 12:43 xDaunt wrote:

And the problem with this premise is that you posit that the personality hate is "irrational." She's earned it. As I have been saying all along, she is not a gifted politician. Never has been. Never will be.

On February 18 2016 12:49 Doublemint wrote:


and yet, her star is far from waning

where the republican primary is basically the GOP imploding disguised as a shit show, the DEMs are actually making an effort in having a real competition of ideas and where the party(/country?) is headed.

find it highly interesting that xdaunt is basically posting kind of harmless anti hillary stuff - the grass might not be as green after all "on the other side I guess" ^^

On February 18 2016 12:53 Doublemint wrote:
I wouldn't be so sure about that. let's just wait and see.

// if my point is moot - then you have no point.

On February 18 2016 12:49 Doublemint wrote:


and yet, her star is far from waning

On February 18 2016 13:24 Nyxisto wrote:
Sanders is probably the hardest person she'll have to beat in the whole election

On February 18 2016 13:21 xDaunt wrote:

But she's having trouble beating Sanders? When her nomination should have been a formality?

On February 18 2016 13:33 Doublemint wrote:


you yourself said it best, this election season is far from ordinary. this is just another example. trump & bernie - fueled by rage and disappointment.

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more on the fbi vs. apple case:

sundar pichai(google ceo) kind of agrees with tim cook

On February 18 2016 13:56 GreenHorizons wrote:


ACLU is on apple's side too. Basically saying that China would use it to say companies couldn't sell in their country without a similar ability.

On February 18 2016 13:58 oneofthem wrote:
this is stuff that need not be publicized.

On February 18 2016 14:07 Plansix wrote:
I am still conflicted. I think the judge should amend the order to Apple is required to unlock the phone, but not required to share the key with the FBI, and they should control it. Its weird that they are able to withhold information/access, but I can't deny a search warrant for my house.

On February 18 2016 14:07 Plansix wrote:
I am still conflicted. I think the judge should amend the order to Apple is required to unlock the phone, but not required to share the key with the FBI, and they should control it. Its weird that they are able to withhold information/access, but I can't deny a search warrant for my house.