Civil rights groups push McConnell to pass sentencing reform

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A coalition of civil rights groups is pushing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass bipartisan sentencing reform legislation in the weeks after the November election.

In a letter sent to the Kentucky Republican, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights called the failure to vote on and pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act a “deep disappointment.”

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