crime bill
Law targeting offenders
A crime bill is proposed legislation addressing criminal justice issues, typically covering matters like sentencing guidelines, law enforcement funding, prison construction, or definitions of criminal offenses.
In American politics, the term often refers specifically to the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which expanded federal death penalty offenses, funded prison building, and included the controversial "three strikes" mandatory life sentence provision.
The senator faced criticism for her vote on the crime bill.
- policingEnforcing laws officially
- law enforcementUpholding legal codes
- amendmentChange to official text
- deterrencePrevention via threatened consequences
- statuteEnacted written rule
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- 1990sMonica Lewinsky, impeachment, NAFTA, Whitewater, Oklahoma City bombing
- legislationacts, laws, statutes, act, law
- sentencinglife sentence, life sentences, prison sentence, death row, consecutive sentences
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Law about teaching systems
housing bill · healthcare bill · infrastructure bill · immigration bill · tax bill
crime billexecutive order
Binding directive from leadership
judicial ruling · executive action · court decision · presidential proclamation
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