The problem is the way it was written and implemented is we cast too wide a net and we had too many people in prison, and we wound up...putting so many people in prison that there wasn't enough money left to educate them, train them for new jobs and increase the chances when they came out so they could live productive lives.

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday

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I mean, going from conservative Republicans to liberal Democrats and the people in between saying there's too many people in jail and we're not doing enough to rehabilitate the ones you could rehabilitate, we're wasting too much money locking people up who don't need to be there.

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We will finally be able to say, loudly and clearly, that for repeat, violent, criminal offenders: three strikes and you're out. We are tired of putting you back in through the revolving door.

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday
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But I wanted to pass a bill and so I did go along with it. by President Bill Clinton on Wedn...

But I wanted to pass a bill and so I did go along with it.

President Bill Clinton on Wednesday
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