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Right On Crime is a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. [3] After its founding in Texas, Right On Crime has contributed to many criminal justice reforms in over 38 states, working with bipartisan partners throughout the country.
(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls filed the Justice for Jocelyn Act, named after a 12-year-old Houston girl who was murdered allegedly by two ...
Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas, [2] that advocates for voting rights, racial justice, economic justice, and criminal justice reform. [3] It was formed in 1990 by attorney James C. Harrington.
In Texas in 2007 they were seeking to build more prisons at a cost of 2 billion dollars. The legislature enacted criminal justice reforms and by 2010 they closed 4 prisons and are planning on closing more and the crime rate dropped. <Grover, N. (2017). Conservatives For Criminal Justice Reform. The Wall Street Journal, pp a17. >
The Republican push on the issue of criminal justice reform began in the summer, as Candelora mentioned on Monday. "Sadly, that was the best opportunity for us to act.
(The Center Square) – The Texas Senate passed a bipartisan bill with nearly unanimous support to implement statewide bail reform. Gov. Greg Abbott listed bail reform as an emergency item for the ...
Republican lawmakers are undoing bipartisan measures against unjust prison sentences and punitive policies.
Florida: Mary R. Grizzle introduces and passes the Married Women Property Rights Act, giving married women in Florida, for the first time, the right to own property solely in their names and to transfer that property without their husbands' signatures. [136] 1971. Barring women from practicing law becomes prohibited. [137]