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Democrats Push Tough-on-Crime Bills at Statehouses Ahead of Elections

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Democrats Push Tough-on-Crime Bills at Statehouses Ahead of Elections
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Dec. 14, 2021. Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Cara Ding
By Cara Ding
3/28/2022Updated: 3/29/2022

Some Democratic governors and state lawmakers are resorting to tough-on-crime legislation, often against the will of the party’s progressive camp, as elections draw closer and violent crime emerges as a top issue on voters’ minds.

Most want to take more violent offenders off the streets, either by rolling back bail reforms or through tougher sentencing guidelines.

Cara Ding
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Cara is an Orange County, New York-based Epoch Times reporter. She can be reached at [email protected]
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