Expanded: Bill Clinton Speaks on His Criminal Justice Policies & After S.C. Church Shooting, June 17

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~ BILL CLINTON APOLOGIZES FOR HIS CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICIES AT NAACP CONVENTION, PHILA., JULY 15, 2015 ~


*VIDEO & Report, CBS Philly, July 15, BILL CLINTON SPEAKS AT NAACP CONVENTION
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2015/07/15/former-president-bill-clinton-speaks-at-naacp-convention/

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- "BILL CLINTON: "I MADE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 'WORSE'", The Daily Beast, July 15, 2015. Mea culpa.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/07/15/clinton-i-made-criminal-justice-worse.html

Bill Clinton said at a NAACP meeting in Philadelphia on Wednesday that he made a mistake by signing the 1994 Violent Crime Control Act that lengthened federal sentences for many crimes. "I signed a bill that made the problem worse. And I want to admit it", he said. ~ Clinton sounded a lot different when he signed the bill: "Gangs and drugs have taken over our streets and undermined our schools. Every day, we read about somebody else who has literally gotten away with murder".
The act, co-written by Joe Biden, promised greater federal funding for states if they enacted stricter sentencing laws for violent offenses. In addition, it provided money for extra prisons, funding for 100,000 police, cut higher education assistance for inmates, and created 60 NEW DEATH PENALTY OFFENSES. Finally, the bill created the Violence Against Women Act and banned the sale of assault weapons.

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- "BILL CLINTON: I SUPPORT HILLARY'S EFFORTS TO CHANGE MY CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICIES", HuffPo, May 6, 2015.
*Read More: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026987054

"We have too many people in prison"- Bill Clinton.
There is something "profoundly wrong" with our criminal justice system- Hillary Clinton

Article includes: ~ PEOPLE KILLED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS ~

- Tarika Wilson, 2008, age 26, Ohio.



- Esequiel Hernandez, Jr., 1997, age 18, Texas farmer



- Rev. Accelyne Williams, 1994, age 75, Boston, Mass.




Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/06/bill-clinton-criminal-justice_n_7224050.html
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~ BLACK LIVES MATTER! THEY ALWAYS HAVE, AND ALWAYS WILL ~

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1. The lives of black people matter, always will. Glad to see Bill's mea culpa for policies that have

harmed so many for 20 years, individuals, families and communities. And primarily black men and brown men.