Obama lays out a sweeping criminal justice reform plan

President Barack Obama has called for sweeping reforms to the US criminal justice system including curbing the use of solitary confinement and voting rights for felons. He said lengthy mandatory minimum sentences should be reduced - or thrown out entirely. "Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it," he said.  





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