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The Prosecutor's Role in Mass Incarceration

America's "crackdown on crime" has led to mass incarceration — with black Americans imprisoned out of proportion to their place in the population. We talk to the DA in Milwaukee and others about racial inequality and the role of prosecutors in the "crackdown on crime."

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By Warren Olney • May 11, 2015 • 51m Listen

America's "crackdown on crime" has led to mass incarceration — with black Americans imprisoned out of proportion to their place in the population. We talk to the DA in Milwaukee and others about racial inequality and the role of prosecutors in the "crackdown on crime."

Also, the UN Security Council considers a military force to stop migrant smuggling, and Seymour Hersh weaves a tangled web of conspiracies in the death of Osama bin Laden.

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