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How being 'tough on crime' became a political liability

  • Written by Jody D. Armour, Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law, University of Southern California
Kamala Harris' campaign fizzled as her past as a prosecutor haunted her candidacy.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Kamala Harris recently dropped out of the presidential race after months of attacks from the left for her “tough-on-crime” record as San Francisco’s district attorney and as California’s attorney general.

A few years ago, the...

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