Rand Paul and Cory Booker Team Up to Fight For Justice (Reform)
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Rand Paul and Cory Booker, two celebrity senators who draw a lot of attention, are teaming up to push an issue that doesn’t: Criminal justice reform.
On Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican and the New Jersey Democrat—first-term senators with larger ambitions—said they plan to introduce what they call the REDEEM Act. That’s short for Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment. The bill would ban solitary confinement for most juvenile offenders; make it easier to get non-violent crimes sealed or expunged from ex-offenders’ records; and give states incentives to stop trying teenagers under 18 as adults.