{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/9/issues/crime/video-senator-blackburn-raises-the-alarm-on-soft-on-crime-practices", "VIDEO: Senator Blackburn Raises the Alarm on Soft-on-Crime Practices", "2024-09-12", "2024", "2024-09", "Republican", "Senate", "TN", "Marsha Blackburn", "B001243", "www.blackburn.senate.gov", "blackburn", "https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/news/cc8c80c1-d564-4bbb-93a4-f1d772346ae0", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) released the following video about the disastrous impact that releasing violent criminals\u2014without bail\u2014back onto our streets has on public safety in cities across the country.\n\nCash bail is an essential public safety tool that keeps violent offenders off the streets and restores law and order in our communities. In Memphis, a suspect accused of shooting four people was recently released from police custody by Shelby County Judge Bill Anderson without bond. At the end of last year, Judge Anderson also signed off on the release of a man charged with the first-degree murder of 15-year-old Anthony Mason.\n\nClick hereto watch this video andhere to download.\n\n\u201cAllowing dangerous criminals back on the streets and in our communities after they have committed a crime defies common sense. We must put an end to soft-on-crime practices like cashless bail that incentivize violent criminals to reoffend and put public safety at risk,\u201d said Senator Blackburn.\n\nBACKGROUND:", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2024/9/issues/crime/video-senator-blackburn-raises-the-alarm-on-soft-on-crime-practices"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.008003018796444, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}