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Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Adam Liptak's report in today's New York Times.  LINKIn the next several months, the Supreme Court will decide at least a half-dozen cases about the rights of people accused of crimes involving drugs, sex and corruption. Civil liberties groups and associations of defense lawyers have lined up on the side of the accused. But so have conservative, libertarian and business groups. Their briefs and public statements are signs of an emerging consensus on the right that the criminal justice system is an aspect of big government that must be contained. The development represents a sharp break with tough-on-crime policies associated with the Republican Party since the Nixon administration.?It?s a remarkable phenomenon,? said Norman L...continue to full post

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