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August 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders Introduces Criminal Justice Reform Plan
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled his plan to reform the country's
"racist and broken" criminal justice system Sunday. The 2020 hopeful
wants to end profiteering in the criminal justice system, and plans to
ban cash bail and civil asset forfeiture, legalize marijuana, abolish
the death penalty, boost funding for public defenders, increase
accountability for law enforcement, stop criminalization of homelessness
and addiction, and allow prisoners and those with felony convictions to
vote - among many other measures. Sanders announced the plan while
campaigning in South Carolina.


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