Open Congress : News Articles for S.714 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009

Criminal Justice System May Get Much Needed Overhaul

2010-05-19T20:00:00Z

...Propose Reforms To address the problem of the growing, unsustainable prison population, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) introduced S.714, the "National Criminal Justice Committee Act of 2009" last year. The bill was recently approved by the U.S. Senate Judiciar

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FAMM Applauds ONDCP Call for New Direction in National Drug Policy

2010-05-10T20:00:00Z

introduced S. 714, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, on March 26, 2009, which was passed out of Senate Judiciary Committee on January 21, 2010. ...

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Moving Forward On Criminal Justice Reform Commission

2010-05-09T20:00:00Z

Jim Webb (D-VA) has proposed and is pushing through S.714 - National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009. This bill would establish a commission to look ...

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NAACP SUPPORTED BILL CREATING A BLUE-RIBBON COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE NATION'S ...

2010-04-27T20:00:00Z

The National Criminal Justice Act has been introduced in the Senate (S.714) and House (HR 5143) to create a national commission with an 18-month timeline to ...

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2010-01-20T19:00:00Z

(ARLINGTON) - The bi-partisan National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 (S. 714) was passed out of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary today by ...

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Medical marijuana impact felt as N.J. approves patient use

2010-01-13T19:00:00Z

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/medical_marijuana_clears_assem.html On the federal level, the US Congress, S.714 (to create a national ...

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2009-12-01T19:00:00Z

Webb's bill (S.714) has so far attracted 35 bi-partisan co-sponsors, including Judiciary Committee heavyweights Sens. Lindsey Graham, RS. ...

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US Senate to Vote on Censoring Drug Legalization Debate; Cops and Judges Urge ...

2009-11-02T19:00:00Z

Jim Webb's National Criminal Justice Commission Act (S. 714), the rider would ban the commission from conducting any activities that "involve, support, ...

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Shield becoming the bridesmaid bill

2009-10-14T20:00:00Z

Will S.1340, Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2009 or S.714, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009 knock reporters silly one more time? ...

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WEBB, SPECTER INTRODUCE BILL TO OVERHAUL AMERICA'S CRIMINAL ...

2009-03-25T20:00:00Z

The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, S.714, is the result of decades of investigation and more than two years of intensive fact-finding in ...

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