The Weekly Standard is a widely read and (I believe) influential magazine among conservatives. It has a notable following within the Republican Party in our nation's capital.
My longtime friend, the brilliant Paul Mirengoff of Powerline, and I had the privilege to write a piece for the Standard, "The Sentencing Trap." It explains why current proposals for mass sentencing reductions are a bad idea. In particular, it takes on the arguments of Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), one of the erstwhile conservatives who has been (I say with all respect) hoodwinked by this bill.
Paul wrote the article's best line: "Criminal law exists to protect society from crime, not to protect criminals from jail."
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