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1994 Crime Bill

Former Illinois Rep. Abner Mikva receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in November 2014.
Looking Back July 8, 2016
Bill Clinton’s Dissident
On criminal justice, Abner Mikva was about 20 years early.
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Commentary April 11, 2016
Bill Clinton, “Black Lives” and the Myths of the 1994 Crime Bill
Pause the debate for some inconvenient history.
By Marc Mauer
Feature January 15, 2016
Where the Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand on Criminal Justice
A look at Clinton, Sanders and O’Malley in their fourth debate.
By The Marshall Project
Commentary October 7, 2015
The Clintons Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame for the Crime Bill
Black leaders also embraced it.
By Michael Fortner
News July 30, 2015
Obama Is Reinstating Pell Grants for Prisoners
But will politics eventually trump cost and data?
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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton makes a point during an address before the Ninth Annual Women in Policing Conference in New York, Aug. 11, 1994. She was cheered by policewomen after telling them, “I applaud all of you for the choices you have made.” From left are New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Police Chief John Timoney. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
News May 7, 2015
A (More or Less) Definitive Guide to Hillary Clinton’s Record on Law and Order
She was for reform before she was against it before she was for it.
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Justice Lab January 15, 2015
‘Blame Liberals’
A new book faults Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden and the NAACP for our prison state.
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Q&A December 1, 2014
Will Millennials Embrace Prison Reform?
A couple of Harvard guys aim to find out.
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