Over the past few months conversations have been surrounding the White House about the administration working on criminal justice reform. While pastors and rap artist Kanye West received swift backlash from criminal justice advocates and others for meeting with President Donald Trump about criminal justice reform, a bill may be voted on by the Senate before the end of this year. Trump has urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring the First Step Act to the floor for a vote, and other Republicans such as Senator Chuck Grassley has said that criminal justice reform should take priority over filling vacant judicial seats. So what’s in the act? On December 4, 2018, the Vox published an article outlining key portions of the bill, writing:
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