SENATOR TIM SHEEHY: Soft-on-crime judges need consequences. The JAIL Act delivers

Over and over again, radical judges and government officials in liberal cities put law-abiding Americans at risk by allowing dangerous criminals to roam freely on our streets.Instead of holding criminals behind bars to protect our communities, these soft-on-crime judges release violent repeat offenders on bail, giving them the opportunity to commit more crimes.You see it in the news nearly every week: A deranged criminal commits a violent crime against an innocent member of society, and before you know it, stories are coming out about how the offender had been arrested a dozen times previously and should never have been out on our streets in the first place.Many remember the tragic death of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed on the Charlotte, North Carolina, Blue Line train in August 2025.

Decarlos Brown Jr.has been charged with her murder and also faces federal charges, but his competency to stand trial is in question.

He is a man with a history of mental illness and who’d been arrested and released at least 14 times before allegedly killing Iryna, including on charges for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering and assault. In May 2025, 22-year-old Logan Federico, a young woman studying education at South Piedmont Community College who hoped to become a teacher, was murdered during a home invasion while visiting friends in Columbia, S.C.

The man who allegedly took her life, Alexander Dickey, had been previously arrested 39 times with 25 felonies.CHARLOTTE LIGHT-RAIL STABBING MURDER SPURS LANDMARK CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FROM NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANSIryna Zarutska cowers in her seat on a Charlotte commuter train moments before her death on Aug.22, 2025.

(NewsNation via Charlotte Area Transit System)Last September, a 19-year-old repeat offender allegedly killed a man while out on three separate bonds and on probation.Johnnie Lillie was charged with shooting and killing Jermarkus Johnson in Houston, Texas....