Former Vice President Joe Biden floated a radical change to America’s legal justice system — ending jail sentences for non-violent crimes — in the course of the Democratic presidential main debate Thursday evening in Houston, Texas.
“Were in a scenario now the place there are such a lot of people who find themselves in jail that shouldn’t be in jail,” Biden stated. “The entire mannequin has to change, we ought to be speaking about rehabilitation, no person ought to be in jail for a non-violent crime.”
The veteran Democrat, who has come below fireplace from different candidates for authoring the controversial 1994 crime invoice, made the remark whereas discussing his place on legal justice.