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Will a reported crime wave kill criminal justice reform?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

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Law and order Republicans and Liberal Democrats agree federal prisons are overcrowded

because tough sentencing laws in the 1990s went too far.

Bipartisan criminal justice reforms have emerged in the House and the Senate,

but the pace is slow.

Politicians can't survive the charge of being

soft on crime. Now, after decades of declining crime rates, there's a reported increase,

especially in homicides. Is it real? Will it put a stop to one of the few measures lawmakers

agree on in a presidential election year? Today's talking point, polar bears get creative to stay alive.

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The U.S. locks up more people

than any other country, especially blacks and Hispanics, imprisoned for nonviolent drug crimes.

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