Obama calls for shorter sentences for nonviolent convicts

 

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US President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at the NAACP\’s annual convention in Philadelphia July 14, 2015.[Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out an expansive vision for fixing the US criminal justice system by focusing on communities, courtrooms and cellblocks. He announced a federal review of the use of solitary confinement and…

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