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A Poll-Tested Message for Criminal-Justice Reform [TheAtlantic.com]

 

Just how popular is criminal-justice reform with swing-state voters? It depends on the message.

Strong majorities in four purple states and Republican-leaning Kentucky and Missouri seem to agree with the premise of reform that both parties have been promoting: Federal prisons house too many non-violent criminals, the government spends too much money incarcerating them, the main goal of prison should be rehabilitation, and Washington shouldn’t make it so hard for inmates to find jobs after they’re released. At least three-fifths and as many as three-quarters of voters surveyed agreed with those statements,according to new polling released Wednesday by a coalition urging Congress to overhaul sentencing laws to reduce the incarcerate rate. A similarly high percentage of voters agree with giving judges more discretion in doling out punishments, as opposed to the minimum sentences that are currently mandatory for many crimes.



[For more of this story, written by Russell Berman, go to http://www.theatlantic.com/pol...stice-reform/463284/]

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