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A new report from the Death Penalty Information Center shows there were just 23 executions in 2017 -- the second lowest total since 1991. Nearly 75 percent of the executions in 2017 took place in four states: Texas (seven), Arkansas (four), Florida (three), and Alabama (three). (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
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Death penalty sentences at 2nd-lowest level in 25 years: Report

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In the current electoral landscape, politicians who want to slim incarcerated populations to better protect communities and save taxpayer dollars have much to gain, and little to lose. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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‘Tough on crime’ used to win votes. Now it’s all about criminal justice reform

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Considering the significant impact employment has on reducing recidivism rates, policymakers should be making it less difficult for formerly incarcerated individuals and those with criminal records to find work. (iStock by Getty Images)
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The biggest discriminators against ex-offenders? State governments

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The pacifist and the bellicose should agree, if the state is going to kill someone, the government should have the decency to kill quickly. (AP)
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Firing squad or lethal injection? Convicts and experts agree with Trump judicial nominee: ‘Just shoot them’

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Nearly 70 percent of people who go to prison in the U.S. never return, and an additional 20 percent return only once. But the Obama administration didn't push those statistics nor did their policy agenda reflect them. (iStock)
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What Obama got wrong about the criminal justice system

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Reps. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., and Bobby Scott, D-Va., introduced the Safe, Accountable, Fair and Effective Justice Act. (AP Photos)
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Bipartisan bill aims to reduce ‘overcriminalization’ of federal offenses

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The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is a first and important step toward addressing the problems with the federal criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Federal ‘tough on crime’ policies have failed — here’s a new path forward

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NFL players take their protests from the field to lawmakers

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Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, and Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island introduced the Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers In Our National System Act. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Push for criminal justice reform grows in Senate

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions: ‘We don’t have a sentencing problem, we have a crime problem’

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