Louisville Courier Journal: Conservatives want prison reform, and they’re making moves in McConnell’s Louisville
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McConnell and U.S. Sen. Rand Paul are going to play a critical role in the fate of this proposal, said Holly Harris, executive director of the nonprofit Justice Action Network, which is involved in bipartisan reform efforts at the federal and state level.
“It’s no coincidence that we are doing an event in their backyard,” she said of Wednesday’s panel, which was hosted by the Justice Action Network and U of L’s law school. She added that Paul has been a champion of these reforms.
Brett Tolman, a former U.S. attorney who served during Bush’s administration, said the proposed reforms are modest, adding that it’s “embarrassing we can’t get it done.”