Justice reform took an unlikely end-of-year turn with the success of the bipartisan-supported FIRST STEP Act, the first major federal criminal justice reform since 2010. But overall, 2018 was a year of deepening tensions. ... Join Vera for a journey through the stories that shaped American justice in 2018.
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The State of Justice Reform 2018
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