Following Democrat New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s sweeping vetoes of bills passed during the 2023 Legislative Session, some leftists are furious.
In a Tuesday statement from the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU-NM) director of public policy, Nayomi Valdez, the group showed frustration with Lujan Grisham.
S.B. 84, which “strictly limited re-incarceration for technical violations such as missing appointments or failed drug tests while someone is on probation or parole,” was vetoed due to Lujan Grsham claiming it “failed to get the support of district attorneys and other stakeholders.”
Another bill veto ACLU-NM trashed was SB 187 would have nixed drug possession or DWI charges in another jurisdiction when considering sentencing for “habitual offenders.” Lujan Grisham claimed the bill would actually result in “the opposite of the intended effect” by restricting prosecutors from “encourag[ing] defendants to get treatment for their addiction.”
In a strong statement of rebuke, Valdez wrote, “We are deeply disappointed by the governor’s veto of these much-needed reforms to our criminal-legal system.”
“Simply put, this administration has it wrong on crime and safety. Until the executive branch starts making decisions about our criminal-legal system based on the facts and in alignment with our values, New Mexico will continue to trap people in the same vicious cycle of incarceration without making our state any safer,” she concluded.
The ACLU of New Mexico along with other groups, such as the Office of the Public Defender, continually advocated against incarcerating criminals during the past legislative session, with some success.
Bills that did get signed by Lujan Grisham include one piece of legislation that will let violent offenders life-sentenced as minors the possibility of parole at 15 years, even if they were convicted of murder or rape.
The Governor did a good job on this one. Even though I didn’t vote for her and don’t particularly like much of what she is doing. When someone does the right thing it should be known.
I totally agree.
This Governor always supports the criminals and not law enforcement.
That’s because she has criminal tend her self
This is the exact reason New Mexico is over run with crime!
MLG is a criminal and should be in prison. She is the worst governor in America, a sexual preaditor, from groping a man. She has a lot of corruption and Covid tyranny. Her voting systems are highly suspect and quite probably fraudulent. She hates the NM energy sector and has put NM $17 billion in debt.
Yep. Obviously in bed with the South American Cartels. Every Politician that fights to keep our Border Open and Criminals free…yep.
As a “leftist,” I was deeply disappointed when the ACLU supported full marijuana legalization and commercialization and encouraged their supporters to do the same while completely ignoring all of the science, evidence, and data accumulated by groups such as SAM, AAA, & the AMA showing the costs and detrimental effects of commercialization. So, in short, I don’t really care if the ACLU is disappointed.
I don’t think MLG is a criminal though, unlike the orange dip@#$% who was illegitimately running our country a few years ago, who is a career criminal and con-man.
Ah, the daily TDS.
Well, your proudly admitted “leftist” moniker certainly illustrates your utter hypocrisy and absence of reality comprehension.
Your “leftist” admission certainly explains your utter hypocrisy and complete absence of reality comprehension. Delusional aka TDS.
Unintentional double-post. Sorry.
The ACLU is garbage, their solution to crime is to make crime legal. No one has the right to criminality.