Kari Nope

Prison & Criminal Justice Reform Advocate

[Kari Nope @karinope]

I’m going to @BradleyRHaywood’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? https://t.co/XMExcCGbNp

[L. Louise Lucas @SenLouiseLucas]

This Governor puts in budget amendments to keep people in prison longer- even when they have met all the rules for release- but turns a blind eye to their inhumane treatment. He should be ashamed of himself.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@SenLouiseLucas

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson why are you censoring your social media pages? It’s my first amendment right to comment on your page in disagreement with your posts. @ACLUVA

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

Politicians often use victims of crime as an excuse for harsh sentencing and punitive policies. However, the vast majority of victims of violent crime want investments in education, jobs, and healthcare - NOT prisons and jails.

[Angela Adinolfi @AAdinolfi616]

We’ll be sharing some awesome people who have EARNED time off of their sentences behind bars. Today we are starting with G. Palms who actually earned his time and then had it taken away. Our hearts go out to him and his family, but we’ll keep fighting to try to fix it for him 1/4

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@JusticeFwdVa

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson amendment.

You made a campaign speech on the floor. You made a commercial.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson this was in response to your video regarding the ESC bill that was pulled apart with the backdoor budget amendment. You censored me and removed my comment. Since you weren’t serving in the GA in 2020, lemme give you a bit of history of what happened.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson Debated again this year in multiple committees with the same false narratives you just spewed out and killed. It was a back door, and around of the committee process to put it in the budget. Even a few of your House republican colleagues didn’t vote for the

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson this understanding. So, to clarify to you, since you obviously didn’t understand the bill and have perhaps been misled by your new colleagues. This bill was well written, vetted through multiple committees and debates.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson understanding that they would be eligible for the expanded ESC program. Further, prosecutors told victims that people would be eligible and took that into consideration when offering plea deals. And this doesn’t even touch the judges who entered sentences with

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson You have no clue what the intent of this bill was. And, the stink of your mischaracterization of this bill is that in your role as a defense attorney, I have no doubt that you entered people into plea agreements over the last couple years with them having the

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson But, high level, of your 24 bills you proposed, ya recall how many you actually passed? Wait for it…ZERO, NADA, ZIP! You’re not a crack squad legislator. I’ve written more bills that have passed than you have and I’ve only been out of prison for two years.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson Now let’s talk about your legislative prowess for a moment. You proposed 24 bills this past session. Most of them didn’t even make it out of their first committee which means even your Republican colleagues think your policy drafting is sloppy or your ideas suck.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson female genital mutilation, dog fighting, and other violent crimes to acquire expanded credits.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson Seemingly you are calling their legal prowess sloppy as well. Second, That same year, Delegate J Campbell (also a member of COJ) proposed HB1370 which was more permissive, had truly sloppy language, and would have allowed people with crimes like Lynching by mob,

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson Further, the bill passed through the Senate Rehab committee as well as the Judiciary committee where it was further scrutinized and tweaked by Sen Obenshein and Norment (GOP senate leader).

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson bill and they knew exactly what was going to happen so you should inquire with Delegates Bell and Adams about how sloppy their language is.

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@AssocAnderson First, this was a bipartisan bill in both chambers so it was hardly rammed through by Dems. It also made its way through House COJ (which you now serve on) which still included Del Bell and Del Adams who scrutinized and helped Del Scott with the language on this

[Kari Nope @karinope]

@ACLUVA