by SAFE Winnebago County | Oct 25, 2021 | National News, Politics, US-Criminal Justice Reform
Back in January of this year, a lame-duck session of the Illinois General Assembly passed a “sweeping” Criminal Justice Reform Bill HB3653. The bill that was passed would be fully implemented through 2025. Law enforcement was not consulted and the mere fact that this...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Sep 29, 2021 | Illinois News, National News, US-Criminal Justice Reform
Illustration: Megan Robinson/Axios The pandemic slowed the criminal justice system to a crawl in much of the U.S., and now an increase in violent crime is straining the system even further. Why it matters: COVID-19 has caused backlogs in criminal cases across the U.S....
by SAFE Winnebago County | Sep 27, 2021 | National News, US-Criminal Justice Reform
Lawmakers had sought to address abuses by law-enforcement after protests over killings of Black Americans Since the murder of George Floyd during an arrest by Minneapolis Police, departments around the country are implementing active-bystander training to address the...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Sep 14, 2021 | US-Criminal Justice Reform
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) spoke with Manhattan Institute Legal Policy Director James Copland about policing, his criminal justice reform bill, and working with his Democratic colleagues in Congress. Senator Scott described his personal relationship with law enforcement...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Sep 14, 2021 | US-Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), the lead Republican negotiator on police reform, says it will be “very hard” to reach a bipartisan deal by the end-of-June deadline if senators working on the issue can’t get a proposal down on paper in the next week or two. “For us to get...
by SAFE Winnebago County | Sep 14, 2021 | US-Criminal Justice Reform
GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) – Republican senator Tim Scott is counting the recent passage of new legislation as a win for criminal justice reform. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the First Step Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at curbing recidivism and, in...
