Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies that have been proven to not only fail to reduce crime but actually increase crime, waste taxpayers' money and discriminate against minorities.

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It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

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Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.

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No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.

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In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.

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The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

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The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

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Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

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While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

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And what is needed to prevent them from joining gangs was ample recreation for boys as well as girls, jobs and internships for training and money, and assistance to allow their families to live in decent homes.

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Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

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Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.

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In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.

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Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.

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If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

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Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

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Unequal funding resources also results in unequal educational opportunity when you consider studies that show that one half of low income students who are qualified to attend college do not attend because they can't afford to.

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We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

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Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for those of us who live in Richmond and Hampton Roads.

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We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.

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While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in the hands of children or others who would use them improperly, we must also be aware that these same drugs have legitimate uses.

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