Mandatory Minimums Have Been Shown To Be

It Is Difficult To Overstate The Importance Of The Civil Rights Act.

Present Law Has A Process To Ascertain Whether Or Not A Patient Is In A Persistent Vegetative State, And It Should Not Matter What Politicians Think.

The Promise Of Equal Educational Opportunity Envisioned By The Brown Decision Remains Unfulfilled.

Giving A 10-year Mandatory Minimum For A Second Offense Fist Fight Is Not Going To Reduce The Chance That Someone Will Be Stabbed 16 Times When You Are Not Funding Any Of The Programs That Are Desperately Needed To Actually Reduce Juvenile Crime.

Rather Than Following Through On The Proven Crime And Violence Prevention Techniques That Work, We Are Back To Tough-talking Sound Byte Policies That Have Been Proven To Not Only Fail To Reduce Crime But Actually Increase Crime, Waste Taxpayers' Money And Discriminate Against Minorities.