“Didn’t Bill Clinton sign the three-strikes bill into law?’ This was a question asked by a friend when I was advising that I support former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. My response is as follows along with a summary of just 10 of the many reasons why I support Hillary Rodham Clinton for President of the United States.
First off yes former President Bill Clinton did sign a bill that included the three-strikes legislation; however, there were other components of the legislation to help benefit the Black community. But before I get into the other components during this time the Congressional Black Caucus unanimously supported the bill. Included in the legislation were rehabilitation reform for federal prisoners; expanded school hours to reduce time children of working parents are alone; and increased funding for urban police departments. This is just a few of the additional components of the legislation put into law in 1993.
Former President Clinton has indicated that he takes ownership of the three-strikes component of the legislation. It was a different time with extremely high crime rates but hindsight is 20/20. Now comes to the big news. In April 2015, the first issue that Hillary Clinton announced she would tackle is criminal justice reform and I applaud that fact. One it needs to be done and two who better to reform the three-strikes legislation signed into law by Bill Clinton.