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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."
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAmerica'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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3 storiesUN Security Council Considers Military Force to Stop Migrant Smuggling
Hundreds of migrants have died at sea while trying to reach Europe from Libya. Now the UN Security Council is working on a draft resolution that would authorize military action against human smugglers, as we hear from Somini Sengupta, who reports from the United Nations for the New York Times .
Read the story6 minMass Incarceration and the Milwaukee Experiment
The US imprisons more people than China, Iran or Russia — with blacks serving more time, more often than anyone else. The death of unarmed black Americans at the hands of police officers has renewed attention to racial inequality in the criminal justice system.
Read the story34 minSeymour Hersh Dismantles US Narrative of bin Laden’s Death
We all know the official version of Osama bin Laden — shot to death by US special forces after being hunted down to a hideout near the military town of Abbottabad in Pakistan. A new account of what really happened to Osama bin Laden is being denounced by the White House for "too many inaccuracies and baseless assertions."
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