Atlanta Journal Constitution: Criminal justice reform takes a beating in a U.S. Senate race
“It has just been gut-wrenching to watch. This strategy is catastrophic for Republicans across the board,” said Holly Harris, president and executive director of Judicial Action Network, a conservative group that has successfully pushed prison reform measures in various states, including Georgia, and at the federal level.
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“It’s just mind-boggling to see this candidacy in Georgia that seeks to eviscerate all of the policy gains and political goodwill that was achieved through these reforms. It’s really going to affect the national narrative,” Harris said.
The bipartisan effort to reduce the size of this nation’s incarceration machine has been one of the more pleasant surprises of the last decade. In Georgia, Gov. Nathan Deal was one of its GOP pioneers.