Biden Seeks to Fix Criminal Justice Inequalities as Critics Attack His Record
The former vice president, who has been criticized for the 1994 crime law, wants to end mandatory minimum sentences and disparities in drug sentencing.
Joe Biden released criminal justice proposals that seek an end to mandatory minimum sentences and disparities in certain types of drug sentencing, confronting the legacies of the “tough-on-crime” laws he once supported in the Senate.
The Democratic presidential candidate’s plan would attempt to eliminate racial, gender and income-based disparities in the criminal justice system, offer states billions of dollars in incentives to end mandatory-minimum sentences for...