Koch network criticizes Sessions sentencing memo
Freedom Partners, an organization partially funded by the Koch brothers, does not approve of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s memo overturning the criminal sentencing policy of the previous administration.
“We favor a different approach which requires changing some of the existing federal laws,” Freedom Partners Chairman Mark Holden said in a statement.
“Fortunately, there are already federal reform bills from last year that have broad bipartisan support that will address this issue. These reforms are consistent with those enacted by many states the past 10 years,” he added.
{mosads}Holden argued that communities and law enforcement “are safer when the punishment fits the crime through sentencing reforms.”
He also maintained that there more effective ways to assist low level offenders who pose no threat to the public other than incarceration.
“This is also an issue that receives overwhelming public support from across the political spectrum,” Holden said.
“The states have shown that you can reduce crime rates and reduce incarceration rates at the same time, keep communities safer and families together, while also using taxpayer dollars more effectively.”
The Kochs have been fighting in favor of criminal justice reform for some time, even partnering with the American Civil Liberties Union and some left-leaning groups in order to advance their campaign.
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