Dog the Bounty Hunter’s wife Beth Chapman weighed in on criminal justice reform in Connecticut Wednesday on Twitter.
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Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy’s proposed reform “would eliminate bail bonds for nonviolent misdemeanor offenders and allow 18- to 20-year-olds to be tried as juveniles,” CTNewsJunkie writes.
After visiting a correctional facility last month, the governor called the state house to act on his proposed bill, which was being called “Second Chance 2.0.”
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Gov. Malloy was forced to cede on his policy proposal this week.
Mrs. Chapman called on the “dog pound” Wednesday to get involved and send their opposition to Gov. Malloy.
Calling out the #dogpound come one & all your needed on the front lines@GovMalloyOffice is @ it again #no2ndchance pic.twitter.com/wsErAOuBqK
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
Chapman seems to be vehemently opposed to the governor’s policy proposal, using the hashtag “#no2ndchance.”
Where are the outraged citizens of your state why do they not speak up https://t.co/6oRhqmXR7A
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
She cited numbers for the state’s judicial branch that shows that majority of pre-trial inmates had prior convictions to harden her case against any criminal justice reform.
Wait what ?? @GovMalloyOffice these folks have lots of priors out of 442 339 had 3 or more priors #no2ndchance pic.twitter.com/gAzDQZXkPy
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
Come on @DanMalloyCT @GovMalloyOffice this needs studied by your sentencing commission like you promised #reckless pic.twitter.com/WjEvW9Jtmj
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
I would like 2 know how after the session is over @GovMalloyOffice can write a new bill & cram it down legislators throats w/ no due process
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
Later, when pointed out by criminal justice researcher Lauren Krisai of the libertarian Reason Foundation that research shows states can cut both prison and crime, she clarified that she was not talking about prisons.
To be clear were not talking about Prisons there no one doing time on just a misdemeanors in prison ! https://t.co/lc92vmZ0tE
— Beth Chapman (@MrsdogC) June 1, 2016
The Chapman family owns a bail bonds company in Hawaii called Da’Kine Bail, which they describe as “Unquestionably the most famous bail agency in the world. Serving the Hawaiian Islands and beyond.”