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Crime

Back on Track

In 2005, Kamala Harris, District Attorney for San Francisco, launched Back on Track (BOT), a reentry initiative aimed at reducing recidivism among low-level drug-trafficking defendants. Combining strict accountability with real opportunities for self improvement, BOT reports that less than 10 percent of its graduates reoffend—a success achieved, moreover, at a fraction of the cost of traditional prosecution and jail time. BOT costs approximately $5,000 per participant, compared with $10,000 to adjudicate a case and nearly $50,000 per year to house a low-level offender in prison or jail.^[1]

L.A. Times

Harris disproportionality imprisoned black males for minor offenses.^[2]

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^ Department of Justice, United States. "Back on Track: A Problem-Solving Reentry Court" (PDF). Bureau of Justice Assistance. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
^ Finnegan, Michael. "California's tough-on-crime past haunts Kamala Harris". L.A. Times. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

House resolution condemning Afghanistan withdrawal

I don't see the relevance of this to "political positions of Kamala Harris." Yes, technically it mentions her, but what does that have to do with this article? Andre🚐 02:59, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Subsequent congressional actions in response to the implementation of the foreign policy political positions of the Biden-Harris administration in Afghanistan, in which Harris was deeply involved, just seemed very relevant to me. It was a formal resolution passed with bipartisan support by Congress condemning the performance of the execution of the President and Vice President's political position to end the war in Afghanistan and withdraw U.S. troops responsibly and in coordination with regional allies to protect gains made for Afghan women and others.

I think it is also very important to mention as well the response after the resolution passed by top House Democrats that came to the defense of Biden-Harris's political position to withdraw from Afghanistan in the way it was carried out. For example, Representative Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said “Republicans are trying desperately to clean up a candidate, (Donald Trump) a candidate that truly has a flawed record on this withdrawal,”. [1]https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/25/house-approves-gop-resolution-condemning-joe-biden/

And Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, who opposed the Afghanistan measure, said “After their laughingstock flop of an impeachment investigation, they’re flailing about now to attack the president or the vice president however they can. The country sees it as cheap election-year antics and games.” [2]https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/us/politics/house-biden-harris-afghanistan-withdrawal.html

Don't worry about adding it if there is no consensus that it is due to include with this article the resolution and the response to it by Representatives Jamie Raskin and Gregory Meeks where they gave a strong defense of Biden and Harris. Smobes (talk) 04:15, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Department of Justice, United States. "Back on Track: A Problem-Solving Reentry Court" (PDF). Bureau of Justice Assistance. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

[2] Finnegan, Michael. "California's tough-on-crime past haunts Kamala Harris". L.A. Times. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

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