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[–] 1Sorry_SOB [S] ago (edited ago)
Obama pushes for reduced prison sentences
At a gathering of black leaders at the 106 th Annual NAACP Convention on Tuesday, Obama made his pitch for taking steps to remedy a “long history of inequity in the criminal justice system in America.” Blacks are jailed at 4 times the rate of whites
(http://www.politico.com/story/2015/07/obama-mandatory-sentence-reform-120102)