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Obama’s plan to reintegrate ex-convicts into society raises crime fears
Washington Times ^ | May 23, 2016 | Andrea Noble

Posted on 05/23/2016 5:52:29 AM PDT by detective

The Obama administration has gone into overdrive in the last two months, pushing administrative policy changes to make it easier for ex-convicts to rejoin society, but at the same time sparking concern that reforms will increase crime and jeopardize safety.

The federal efforts have been spurred on in part by bipartisan criminal justice reforms enacted at the state level and changing public opinion that has warmed to second chances, experts say.

Reforms have included recommendations to make it easier for ex-offenders to obtain state ID cards, removing questions about criminal history from federal job applications and suggestions to do the same for college applications, and warning landlords that rejecting renters based on their criminal history may violate federal law.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: criminals; obama
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Another Obama plan to weaken America and make us less safe.
1 posted on 05/23/2016 5:52:29 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

“Transforming America.” Lord help us.


2 posted on 05/23/2016 5:56:26 AM PDT by upchuck (I'm hanging here until my Free Republic 401K is fully vested.)
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To: detective

Another mess for DJT to have to clean up.


3 posted on 05/23/2016 5:57:21 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: detective

One reason and one reason only he is doing this, most prisoners are black.


4 posted on 05/23/2016 6:00:40 AM PDT by armydawg505
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To: detective

Because people don’t understand how radical the left is.


5 posted on 05/23/2016 6:01:48 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: Biggirl

Another mess for my Taurus Ultra Lite to take care of. They can’t build enough prisons, and they won’t execute murderers and repeat rapist or career criminals. Only way to deal with crime is to lock them up or eliminate them from the gene pool.


6 posted on 05/23/2016 6:02:44 AM PDT by GailA (any politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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To: detective

There are multiple plans to take messed up people who are a burden and threat to us, and pretend they were just the “unlucky”victims of an unjust society.


7 posted on 05/23/2016 6:04:19 AM PDT by Williams (Dear God please save us from the democrats. And the republicans.)
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To: detective

Oblahoblah, should fire his S.S. detail and hire some armed ex cons in their place.


8 posted on 05/23/2016 6:10:11 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Crooked Hillary's going down and I aint talkin about, on Huma.)
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To: detective

He seems to have a different take on law and order.


9 posted on 05/23/2016 6:13:48 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: detective

Includes new federal guidelines on acceptance of forced sodomy in public restrooms.


10 posted on 05/23/2016 6:28:30 AM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: detective

It won’t be long before a “bi-partisan” effort is underway to give bonus hiring points to felons on federal job applications.


11 posted on 05/23/2016 6:29:57 AM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Liberal is someone who cannot accept that there is a Law of Unintended Consequences)
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To: mountainlion

He does. In his mind there isn’t any.


12 posted on 05/23/2016 6:31:44 AM PDT by mothball
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To: GailA

As time goes on in Obamacized America, a growing number of us will be owing our lives to willingness to bust a cap.


13 posted on 05/23/2016 6:44:19 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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“changing public opinion that has warmed to second chances, experts say.”

Until innocent people start getting victimized and killed of course.

Then they’ll have an epiphany.


14 posted on 05/23/2016 6:48:40 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: elcid1970

As the mother of a 16 year old going on 12 mentally and physically AMBUSHED and BEATEN (with a 2 ft section of fence post) to death son, by a Sociopath for the jollies of seeing what it was like to kill. I worry more about the young who have no way to defend themselves. It took 2 years to get a Plea deal from M1 to M2, median sentence of 20 yrs, first parole hearing was TEN MONTHS later. 5 more after that, I fight dirty and made the creep max out his ‘good behavior’ time to the last day. Eked out 12.5 yrs of the 20. He now walks the streets of Tennessee or where ever free.

I made a great researcher on criminal stats.


15 posted on 05/23/2016 6:57:48 AM PDT by GailA (any politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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Changing public opinion that has warmed to second chances, experts say.

Yeah....same experts that gives us global warming....

:(

16 posted on 05/23/2016 7:06:03 AM PDT by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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I’m sorry to hear of your tragic loss. Cannot imagine what you have been through.

As for the monster who did this, he is alive only because it is illegal to kill him.


17 posted on 05/23/2016 7:10:28 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: detective

The only Laws that exist in Obamerica now are the ‘laws’ in Obama’s head. No other Laws matter now.......Trump is going to have a heck of a time trying to rid this country of the traitors in the Government.


18 posted on 05/23/2016 7:20:22 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: detective

Another part of his legacy of F U America!


19 posted on 05/23/2016 7:22:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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Thousands of malfortunate drug dealers languishing in prisons because of the jack-booted police state. Victimized by the DOJ, just because they have neck tattoos and sold something the gov says is illegal today. Good too see they will all be released into your neighborhood!.


20 posted on 05/23/2016 7:23:30 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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