The detailed numbers don't back the correlation to abortion
Posted on: August 20, 2019 at 17:38:03 CT
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But the Crime Bill data does as criminals were sentenced to mandatory minimums and enforcement of laws was emphasized (and properly resourced).
When the Crime Bill was first enacted, America was a much more violent place. 1994 had marked the fifth year in a row in which more than 23,000 people were murdered across the country. As President Bill Clinton framed things, “Gangs and drugs have taken over our streets and undermined our schools … Every day, we read about somebody else who has literally gotten away with murder.”
Fortunately, the Crime Bill put an end to that horror, as it authorized hiring 100,000 more police officers to patrol America’s streets, expanded the death penalty, encouraged states to lengthen prison sentences, allocated $1.6 billion to prevent and investigate violence against women, and even banned assault weapons.
Results came quick as criminals were put behind bars. By 1995 the homicide rate had dipped by about 10 percent, and it kept dropping. By 2000, the murder rate had declined by almost 40 percent from its peak, according to the FBI.
Edited by Spanky at 17:39:21 on 08/20/19