Bill Clinton overstated the effect of the crime bill he signed in 1994 when he said, “because of that bill we had a 25-year low in crime, a 33-year low in the murder rate.” Independent analyses have ...

Bill Clinton has a heated exchange with a protester during a rally for Hillary Clinton, April 7, 2016, in Philadelphia.(Ed Hille / The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) “I know those young people were ...

Friday the 13th of September is the gloomy anniversary of the signing of the federal 1994 Crime Bill. It is also a chance to start to remedy a horrible mistake. It seems rare that there is consensus ...

The 1994 crime bill, a misguided policy choice rooted in fear and misinformation, has inflicted irreparable harm on communities nationwide. By prioritizing punitive measures over proven prevention ...

MADISON (WKOW)-- Organizations WISDOM and FREE are working alongside people who were formerly incarcerated in an effort to pressure lawmakers into repealing the 1994 Crime Bill. "The 1994 Crime Bill ...

In a few weeks, the D.C. Council will undertake a final vote on legislation that would establish new laws and policies intended to address the rise of homicides and other violent crimes in the ...

Former President Trump courted Black voters in Detroit Saturday, when he raised President Biden's authorship of the 1994 crime bill, which remains a sore point after three decades. Headlining a ...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker sharply panned the 1994 crime bill as "awful" and "a mistake" in an interview published Thursday -- drawing a pronounced contrast with his rival Joe ...

ATLANTA - Two Georgia men who served federal time under the infamous 1994 crime bill are asking President Joe Biden for official pardons in their cases. The men say they served their time and pay ...

The 1994 crime bill, a misguided policy choice rooted in fear and misinformation, has inflicted irreparable harm on communities nationwide. By prioritizing punitive measures over proven prevention ...

The measures in the anti-crime bill raise concerns about its adverse effects on Black residents in the District of Columbia. In a few weeks, the D.C. Council will undertake a final vote on legislation ...