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Charles Booker on Crime

 

 


Need criminal justice reform & ending mass incarceration

I also believe we need real criminal justice reform, including an end to the war on drugs, as well as expungement opportunities and automatic restoration of voting rights to all people with felonies in their past. This belief is why I have been a relentless advocate in the Kentucky State Legislature for amending the Kentucky Constitution to allow for the automatic restoration of voting rights. I am extremely committed to ending mass incarceration, as well as mass criminalization. Our justice system is rooted in inequities that disproportionately harm minority and impoverished communities; we lock up people of color at a rate much higher than other communities, and it costs the government and taxpayers a lot of money to do it. One immediate example of work we must do is around ending cash bail.
Source: KFTC.org on 2022 Kentucky Senate race , Mar 16, 2021

Supports criminal justice reform to address racial bias

Charles is focused on reforming the criminal justice system to address the racial bias and disparities that disproportionately criminalize and incarcerate poorer communities and people of color. Charles will support legislation to end cash bail, address racial bias in risk assessments, and lead on broader pre-trial reform. He will push for reforms that prevent unnecessary sentence extensions due to technical violations, and he supports automatic expungement upon completion of a sentence.
Source: 2020 Kentucky Senate campaign website BookerForKentucky.com , Jun 17, 2020

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