Right On Crime: Tennesseans Agree with Governor Lee's Call for Criminal Justice Reform
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As it turns out, Tennessee voters agree. A recent statewide poll of 500 registered Tennessee voters sponsored by Right on Crime, Justice Action Network, and the ACLU of Tennessee, found that 69 percent of voters believe the criminal justice system in Tennessee “needs significant improvements,” and only 26 percent believe it “is working pretty well as it is.” In his State of the State, Governor Lee explained, “the punishment for violent crime must be swift and severe, but we must also get better at helping those who will be released prepare to re-enter society, not re-enter prison.” To his point, 91 percent of Tennesseans believe that “the main goal of Tennessee’s criminal justice system should be rehabilitating people to become productive, law-abiding citizens.”