Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell penned a joint letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, endorsing the Sentencing Reform
and Corrections Act of 2017.
The bill, which was introduced earlier this month, is aimed at reducing minimum mandatory sentencing for nonviolent offenders, including the elimination of the "three-strike" system that mandates life imprisonment after multiple drug convictions.
The letter cites the "powerful" league-wide, year-round commitment to the "ongoing work to strengthen America's communities."
"Last season, as part of our My Cause My Cleats initiative, several players chose to highlight equality and justice on their cleats, while others chose causes related to supporting the difficult work of law enforcement," Baldwin and Goodell wrote.