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Reduced sentencing for nonviolent criminals: What does the public think?

  • Written by Kevin Wozniak, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts Boston

Partisan politics in Washington has found a new victim: criminal justice reform.

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is trying to pass a bipartisanbill that would reduce punishments for less serious, nonviolent crimes. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a few Republican senators are fighting the bill because they believe prosecutors need the...

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