Fox News’ Madeleine Rivera on the DNC facing criticism for the way the event was organized and President Biden telling reporters he would have been able to win re-election. Democrats' 1994 crime law is back in the spotlight as its sponsors, President Biden and former President Clinton, take the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week. Three decades ago, when Biden was a U.
S. senator representing Delaware, he authored the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which Clinton signed into law with the intent to crack down on illegal drugs and violent crime. Critics say that resulted in mass incarceration because it put life sentences on the table for nonviolent drug offenders and enforced the so-called "three-strike" rule for offenders.
Biden has since called the legislation a "mistake." Biden and Clinton "wanted us to put forth really tough crime policy, which makes sense, but it wasn't fair policy," Gianno Caldwell, Fox News political analyst and founder of the Gianno Caldwell Institute for Public Safety, told Fox News Digital. Cadlwell's 18-year-old brother, Christian, was fatally shot in a Chicago shooting in 2022.
No suspects have been named in connection with his murder. CNN COMMENTATOR BLASTS DEMOCRATS FOR HAVING BILL CLINTON AT DNC: ‘QUIT’ HIM, ‘FINALLY PLEASE!’ President Biden speaks during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago.
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) "You have many people go to jail for crack cocain.