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While I appreciate that it is in vogue to bash Trump & Co. (Largely justified I would agree), we would be mistaken to couch this as something new or some differ

While I appreciate that it is in vogue to bash Trump & Co. (Largely justified I would agree), we would be mistaken to couch this as something new or some difference between the mainstream political parties. Sessions predecessor had no problem with asset forfeiture either: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-04-11/obamas-doj-sets-back-justice-with-asset-forfeiture-program https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-04-11/obamas-do...

rndmize 9y ago
There's a difference between "no problem with" and "actively encouraging". It's similar to how the millions of people we now have in prison as a result of three strikes laws and heavy drug enforcement that was popular politically in the 80s and 90s has come to be seen as a bad and ineffective thing - and yet a few months ago Sessions released a statement saying the DOJ recommended pursuing maximum sentencing. > Sessions also formally withdrew a signature part of Attorney General Eric Holder's "Smart on Crime" initiative, which sought to target the most serious crimes and reduce the number of defendants charged with non-violent drug offenses that would otherwise trigger mandatory minimum sentences. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/sessions-criminal-charging-memo/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/sessions-criminal-cha... Without even considering the rest of the Trump administration, Sessions is taking this country backwards and encouraging policies we already know don't work.
- sbuttgereit 9y ago
  In the US News article I posted, AG Lynch was actively encouraging the practice by reviving the equitable sharing program. A program designed to be sure those that collect the loot get their cut. My informal turn of phrase notwithstanding, the so-called progressives are just as regressive on this issue add their conservative counterparts.
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rndmize 9y ago

There's a difference between "no problem with" and "actively encouraging". It's similar to how the millions of people we now have in prison as a result of three strikes laws and heavy drug enforcement that was popular politically in the 80s and 90s has come to be seen as a bad and ineffective thing - and yet a few months ago Sessions released a statement saying the DOJ recommended pursuing maximum sentencing. > Sessions also formally withdrew a signature part of Attorney General Eric Holder's "Smart on Crime" initiative, which sought to target the most serious crimes and reduce the number of defendants charged with non-violent drug offenses that would otherwise trigger mandatory minimum sentences. http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/sessions-criminal-charging-memo/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/politics/sessions-criminal-cha... Without even considering the rest of the Trump administration, Sessions is taking this country backwards and encouraging policies we already know don't work.

sbuttgereit 9y ago
In the US News article I posted, AG Lynch was actively encouraging the practice by reviving the equitable sharing program. A program designed to be sure those that collect the loot get their cut. My informal turn of phrase notwithstanding, the so-called progressives are just as regressive on this issue add their conservative counterparts.
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