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Attorney General Eric Holder Addresses ABA Annual Meeting

By Steve Hall

The transcript of Holder's prepared speech is here."Holder: Jail is not only crime solution," is the Chicago Tribune report written by Kristen Schorsch.U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, addressing the American Bar Association on Monday, called for getting not only tough but also "smart" on crime, saying that jail is not the entire answer when it comes to law enforcement. Noting that one of every 100 adults across the country is behind bars -- "the highest incarceration rate in the world" -- Holder said that putting people in prison costs too much economically and socially in a nation where car dealerships are closing, teachers are getting laid off and after-school programs are being cut. "But in almost all cases, spending on prisons continues to rise," Holder said during a roughly 20-minute speech at the association's annual meeting in Chicago...continue to full post

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