Deets On The 1994 Crime Bill Timeline (In Progress)
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Deets On The 1994 Crime Bill Timeline
The Prison-Industrial Complex – The Atlantic December 1998
Prison – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver July 21, 2014
To end prison gangs, it’s time to break up the largest prisons – POLITICO May 13, 2015
Bail – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver June 8, 2015
What’s Inside the Controversial 1994 Crime Bill That’s Plaguing Hillary Clinton on the Campaign Trail – ABC News April 11, 2016
Analysis: The complex history of the controversial 1994 crime bill – MSNBC April 14, 2016
Clinton crime bill: Why is it so controversial? – BBC News April 18, 2016
Adam Ruins Everything – Why Prison Education is Largely a Myth – truTV November 16, 2016
Adam Ruins Everything – The Shocking Way Private Prisons Make Money – truTv November 23, 2016
Adam Ruins Everything – Why the Public Defender System is So Screwed Up – truTV December 7, 2016
The need for criminal justice reform – BROOKINGS August 30, 2017
Joe Arpaio – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver September 11, 2017
The History of Mass Incarceration – Brennan Center For Justice July 20, 2018
Felony Disenfranchisement – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver September 10, 2018
Biden played key role in pushing US to take hardline stances on crime in 1990s, and now he’s apologizing as 2020 looms – Business Insider January 22, 2019
Biden in 1993 speech pushing crime bill warned of ‘predators on our streets’ who were ‘beyond the pale’ – CNN March 7, 2019
Lethal Injections – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver May 6, 2019
Joe Biden’s defense of the 1994 crime bill’s role in mass incarcerations – The Washington Post May 16, 2019
Fact check: Why are Trump and the Democrats talking about the 1994 crime bill – NBC News May 28, 2019
Biden’s key role in 1994 crime bill attacked by both Trump and Democrats – ABC News May 29, 2019
Fact-check: Joe Biden’s defense of his 1994 crime bill and mass incarceration – PolitiFact May 30, 2019
How the 1994 Crime Bill Fed the Mass Incarceration Crisis – ACLU June 4, 2019
The controversial 1994 crime law that Joe Biden helped write, explained – Vox June 20, 2019
‘Lock the S.O.B.s Up’: Joe Biden and the Era of Mass Incarceration – The New York Times June 25, 2019
We Can Cut Mass Incarceration by 50 Percent – ACLU July 12, 2019
Biden on the 1994 Crime Bill – FactCheck.Org July 12, 2019
What Is The 1994 Crime Bill? – NBC News August 13, 2019
The 1994 Crime Bill and Beyond: How Federal Funding Shapes the Criminal Justice System – Brennan Center For Justice September 9, 2019
The Crime-Bill Debate Shows How Short Americans’ Memories Are – September 12, 2019
The Untold Story: Joe Biden Pushed Ronald Reagan to Ramp Up Incarceration — Not the Other Way Around – The Intercept September 17, 2019
Joe Biden let police groups write his crime bill. Now, his agenda has changed. – The Washington Post June 8, 2020
To add value to Black communities, we must defund the police and prison systems – BROOKINGS June 11, 2020
Did the 1994 crime bill cause mass incarceration? – BROOKINGS August 28, 2020
Examining Joe Biden’s Record On Race: 1994 Crime Bill Sponsorship – NPR October 13, 2020
Has Trump failed Black Americans? – BROOKINGS October 15, 2020
Why The US Prison System Is The Worst In The Developed World – Second Thought January 8, 2021
It’s Time for a New Crime Bill – Slate July 8, 2021
American Voters Haven’t Been Afraid Like This in a Long Time | Opinion – The New York Times April 25, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams Is Stuck on Ideas From 1994 for Crime in 2022 | Opinion – The New York Times April 29, 2022
The Aging Of The US Prison Population: A Public Health Crisis – Health Affairs May 2, 2022
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