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Title: Where the Right Went Wrong on Criminal Justice
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URL Source: http://www.theamericanconservative. ... ent-wrong-on-criminal-justice/
Published: Jul 6, 2018
Author: Arthur Rizer and Lars Trautman
Post Date: 2018-07-06 07:29:57 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 200
Comments: 2

Ending our 'incarceration nation' would help return conservatives to their roots, acting on principles most of them already hold.

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a collaborative series with the R Street Institute exploring conservative approaches to criminal justice reform.

Conservatism is not a monolith. There is no one way to be a conservative, think like a conservative, or define the conservative outlook. But there are certain bedrock principles of those on the Right: limited government, economic responsibility, and a belief that our Founding Fathers laid out sacrosanct rights in our Constitution. A firm belief in the importance of family, morality, and, for some, faith has generally guided the application of these principles. While no party can represent the whole of conservatism, the Republican Party’s role as the dominant right-of-center force in modern American politics makes it a good place to take ideological temperatures on the Right.

When it comes to criminal justice, the Republicans have for decades declared themselves to be the party of “law and order.” This commitment to “tough on crime” policies helped it win elections in the latter half of the 20th century, but at the cost of a society in which a third of working-age Americans have criminal records and more than 10 million people go to jail each year. The fact that the United States, with nearly 2.2 million Americans behind bars, incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation is not a point of pride. This shameful position is put in even starker relief when one considers that the nations with the second and third highest number of incarcerated individuals are China and Russia, respectively.

These realities, products of the “lock ’em up and throw away the key” sensibility of yesteryear, have tarnished the image of Republicans and conservatives in the minds of many. Though Republicans have greatly increased their political power in recent elections, they have nevertheless alienated many of the fastest growing segments of the electorate, casting a pall across the impressive electoral successes of the past decade.

The extension of conservative principles to criminal justice policies offers a chance to court new constituencies and bring conservative messages to voting blocs that will dominate American politics in the future, all without risking the current base of conservative support. Already, right-leaning organizations, armed with polling data that show significant backing from many conservatives, are mobilizing on criminal justice issues. It’s time to leverage these efforts to rebuild the conservative identity. Perhaps no other policy area holds more potential than criminal justice reform.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

Where the Right Went Wrong on Criminal Justice

I was sitting in the court room in Ozark with a buddy. The Prosecutor wanted to arraign this guy that was not there.

The Judge knew I knew my stuff. He said, "Mr. B, Can we arraign this gentleman if he is not here?"

I said, "No, Sir. He has to be here in order to arraign him."

That Prosecutor got egg on his face for sure. After all, he did pass the BAR and should have known better. LOL

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2018-07-06   8:20:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: BTP Holdings (#1)

Oh great, another courtster who doesn't know the law.

What was your position in that situation? Are you a lawyer?

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USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2018-07-06   9:11:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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