"Prosecuting gun crimes and assaults as a young Baltimore lawyer in
one of the city's most violent
districts helped drive Martin O'Malley
into public office.
Now the Democratic presidential contender hopes that resume, along with his time as the city's mayor and governor of Maryland, will convince Iowans he's the best candidate to reform the U.S. criminal justice system.
It's a system marked by high incarceration rates and increasing community mistrust of police and has gained attention leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
"We have two problems that are intertwined and distinguish us in a bad way from other nations," O'Malley said in a 40-minute one-on-one interview with The Des Moines Register Saturday. "One is that far more of our citizens lose their lives to violent crime than virtually any other advanced nation on the planet. And related to that is the fact that we incarcerate more of our citizens than any other nation on the planet, which seems counterintuitive for a free people." DesMoinesRegister
Now the Democratic presidential contender hopes that resume, along with his time as the city's mayor and governor of Maryland, will convince Iowans he's the best candidate to reform the U.S. criminal justice system.
It's a system marked by high incarceration rates and increasing community mistrust of police and has gained attention leading up to the 2016 presidential election.
"We have two problems that are intertwined and distinguish us in a bad way from other nations," O'Malley said in a 40-minute one-on-one interview with The Des Moines Register Saturday. "One is that far more of our citizens lose their lives to violent crime than virtually any other advanced nation on the planet. And related to that is the fact that we incarcerate more of our citizens than any other nation on the planet, which seems counterintuitive for a free people." DesMoinesRegister
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