Violent crime's at an all-time low, and President Trump's Attorney General says he wants to keep it that way — by removing federal limits on local police. Critics fear Jeff Sessions is going back to the "tough on crime" days and mass incarceration of non-violent drug offenders in American jails and prisons. But federal law-breakers are just 10% of the nation's criminals — and even Red States are cutting costs by reducing incarceration without increasing crime. Other, states have legalized recreational marijuana. Is America facing a cultural crisis over another "war on drugs?"
Jeff Sessions: New sheriff in town
More
- Sessions' remarks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Division
- Sessions directs federal prosecutors to target most significant violent offenders
- Horwitz on how Sessions wants to bring back the war on drugs
- Horwitz on Sessions ordering DOJ to review all police reform agreements
- Chung on Sessions, beyond 'law and order'
- Mac Donald on Trump, Sessions offering hope for a turnaround in public safety
- Gelb on decline in adult incarceration rates
- Pew Center on state reforms reversing decades of incarceration growth
Credits
Guests:
- Sari Horwitz - Washington Post - @SariHorwitz
- Ed Chung - Center for American Progress - @amprog
- Heather Mac Donald - Manhattan Institute - @HMDatMI
- Adam Gelb - Pew Center - @abgelb