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December 18, 2015

President Obama commutes sentences of 95 offenders, pardons 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is commuting the sentences of 95 offenders and pardoning two more in a year-end…
November 27, 2015

Where’s death penalty in push for criminal justice overhaul?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making a hard case for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system, but where…
November 5, 2015

Banning the Box: Why President Obama's latest executive order matters

This week, President Obama issued an executive order “banning the box” for federal employees – the “box” being the often…
November 1, 2015

What must Hillary do to prove she believes #BlackLivesMatter?

Why is #BlackLivesMatter going after Hillary Clinton, and what must she do? The goal is to make sure that she…
October 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton to call for elimination of crack/cocaine sentencing disparities

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is using a Southern campaign swing to outline criminal justice proposals
October 23, 2015

Why President Obama's defense of Black Lives Matter is so important

President Obama gets it. At the end of a White House forum about criminal justice, Obama took the time to…