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Crime and punishment. Is it time for reform? Hello again. I'm Orwin Alney, and this is To the Point

from Public Radio International. A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. Barack Obama today became the first sitting president to visit a

federal prison, part of a campaign to overhaul America's justice system. In far too many cases,

the punishment simply does not fit the crime. After decades of tough-on-crime laws, the U.S. has packed its prisons with young black

convicts for non-violent drug crimes.

Many conservatives now agree a system that's not working is not worth the cost, and the call

for reform is becoming bipartisan.

Today's talking point, a sting video raises questions about planned parenthood. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren. I'll need back with To the Point. In a campaign for justice reform,

Barack Obama is plowing new ground for an American president, commuting dozens of sentences for

nonviolent crimes, visiting inmates in a federal prison. But he's not alone. Conservative Republican

senators agree,

a system that's not working means an opportunity to save money. We'll hear about that.

Today's talking point, an anti-abortion group has stung Planned Parenthood by secretly recording

a conversation about the remains of aborted fetuses. Are they being sold for medical research?

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