Sens. Paul, Booker Participate in Sullivan University Forum on REDEEM Act

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Sullivan University in Louisville today hosted a forum on the REDEEM Act, the criminal justice reform legislation that has been introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Rand Paul and Cory Booker.

"We still have, in many ways, two Americas, where people are treated differently," said Sen. Paul. "I don't think it's on purpose, but people are inadvertently treated differently. The racial outcome of the War on Drugs has disproportionately incarcerated folks. I think there is a whole world open to us to reform."

"Twenty-five percent of the human beings that are in prison on the planet are in the United States of America," said Sen. Booker. "Chillingly, 75 percent of those are non-violent offenders. We - as a nation that believes in freedom and empowering individuals to be successful - should evidence a justice system that should be the envy of the world. We need to have change."

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