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Harder law enforcement leads to harder drugs.

The Racial Justice Reform Movement holds protests and rallies, lobbies Congress and state legislatures, educates the public, and takes on individual defendants’

House Bill 498 would set bail at $50,000 for violent offenses committed without a firearm and $100,000 for those committed with a firearm.

New York could eliminate 'mandatory' minimum sentences: What would that mean? New York State

State Rep. Shannon Roers Jones has accused Attorney General Drew Wrigley of offering lawmakers "pre-investigation conclusions" about an officer-involved shooting "for seeming political gain."

State Rep. Shannon Roers Jones has accused Attorney General Drew Wrigley of offering lawmakers "pre-investigation conclusions" about an officer-involved shooting "for seeming political gain."

Striking a balance between protecting the public from criminals and the high costs of prison bloat takes careful work. I'm not sure that's what has been happening in the Legislature.

MARIETTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is pushing for the state legislature to pass new mandatory minimum sentencing requirements for those who are convicted of recruiting people into gangs.

ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers want to increase the sentence for gang recruitment activities as part of a tough-on-crime push under the Gold Dome this legislative session. A new state Senate

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