MANASSAS, Va. — CONSERVATIVES should recognize that the entire criminal justice system is another government spending program fraught with the issues that plague all government programs. Criminal justice should be subject to the same level of skepticism and scrutiny that we apply to any other government program.
'Mandatory minimum' laws need an overhaul. Congress is ready. Will the president make good on his promises?
It is recognized that many prisons in the United States are overcrowded and do not rehabilitate inmates.