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Three criminal justice reform must-reads

By Daniel Allott

Published May 18, 2016 10:25pm ET

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Three criminal justice reform must-reads — A New York Times editorial tells the tale of Glenn Ford, who served 30 years on Louisiana's death row for murder. He was freed in 2014 after his conviction was overturned and died of lung cancer the following year. (AP Photo) | Uncredited

Few public policy issues are as widely debated today as criminal justice reform. That’s partly because it is an area that encompasses a wide variety of sub-issues — from the use of solitary confinement to sentencing reforms to ban-the-box legislation and much more.

But mainly, it’s the result of the consensus that has emerged around the issue. Democrats and Republicans agree: America’s criminal justice system is failing just about everyone — victims, offenders and the taxpaying public at large.

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