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Local Prosecutors Are The Key To Stopping Discredited 'Tough-On-Crime' Policies

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Cory Booker Doesn't Agree With Kaepernick's Action, But Supports His Message

The New Jersey senator compared the quarterback to Muhammad Ali.
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Grateful Dead Fan Who Sold LSD Granted Clemency From Life In Prison

Timothy Tyler had no history of violence or prison time when he was sentenced to life behind bars.
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Time Is Running Out For The Senate To Finally Do Something About Sentencing Reform

The bipartisan legislation, which would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders, is waiting to be brought up for a vote.
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Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Bragged About Sending This Man To Prison. Now He's Free.

He was let out mere days after Merrick Garland's big moment.
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Senators Breathe New Life Into Criminal Justice Reform Bill

But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell still needs convincing to back the revised legislation.
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The GOP Argument Against Criminal Justice Reform Just Got Dismantled

Former NYC police commissioner Bernard Kerik says Sen. Tom Cotton's argument against reform "is simply false."
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Americans Are Sick Of The 'Tough On Crime' Era

An overwhelming number of voters want to reform the federal justice system, a new poll finds.
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Federal Prisons Are In Crisis. Congress And The President Need To Step Up.

The drug war's harsh sentencing has led to serious overcrowding, a new report says.
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No, The Oregon Ranchers' Prison Sentences Are Not 'Cruel And Unusual'

But there's still reason to sympathize with their militant defenders.
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