Rep. Bell: Moving Justice Forward
April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Wesley Bell, D-Missouri, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech):
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Mr. Speaker, every day nearly half a million Americans sit in local jails without a conviction, overwhelmingly for nonviolent, low-level offenses.
They are not there because they have been found guilty but because they can . . .
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Mr. Speaker, every day nearly half a million Americans sit in local jails without a conviction, overwhelmingly for nonviolent, low-level offenses.
They are not there because they have been found guilty but because they can . . .