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Obama: Criticizes “Broken System” of Criminal Justice

HeadlineJul 15, 2015

President Obama has continued his major push this week to reform the country’s system of mass incarceration. In an address to the NAACP Tuesday, Obama described the criminal justice system as “broken.”

President Obama: “The United States is home to 5 percent of the world’s population but 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. Think about that. Our incarceration rate is four times higher than China’s. We keep more people behind bars than the top 35 European countries combined.”

We’ll have more on President Obama’s speech after headlines.

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