Just about every year, Cong... by Carrie P. Meek, an American Politician

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“Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.”

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Carrie P. Meek

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Name: Carrie P. Meek

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 29, 1926

Profession: Politician

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If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

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You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

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Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.

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Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.

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America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.

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