Category: criminal justice reform

The Nation Speaks (March 20): Hidden Costs of $15 Min. Wage; Unions vs. Amazon Culture; Exploring ‘The Prison Within’

March 20, 2021
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The Democrats hope to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25/hr to $15/hr by 2025. That’s over a 100% increase, and it’s being fought by Republicans. This week, on The Nation Speaks, we look at how $15/hr would play out in different parts of the country, and for different types of businesses and workers. To…

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Video: The Inside Story of How the First Step Act Was Passed—Doug Deason

March 13, 2021
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), we sit down with Doug Deason, a conservative activist and donor as well the founder of the Deason Foundation, to discuss his work advocating for criminal justice reform, and the inside story of how the First Step Act passed. American Thought Leaders is an Epoch Times show available…

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Get Ready for Fights Over Criminal Justice Reform

January 24, 2021
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Commentary In the brand-new year ahead, get ready for some brand-new moves to change the nation’s criminal justice system as we know it. In some states, it’s already happening. You’ll hear about several proposals in the coming months. Among them: Cut the U.S. prison population by more than half; close all private prisons; shutter all…

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Free Mitch Rutledge

December 30, 2020
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Commentary Nearly everyone has seen the classic movie “The Shawshank Redemption.” Well, it turns out there is a real life “Red” Redding, the character played by Morgan Freeman. He is in prison in Alabama. He has been there for nearly 40 years. He was guilty of his crime: a murder he committed as a teenager…

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