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Senate GOP Blocks Criminal Justice Commission Amendment

by borden [6], October 22, 2011, 06:58pm
An amendment that would have created a national criminal justice commission to study wide-ranging reforms in the US criminal justice system was blocked Thursday after most Senate Republicans voted against it, saying it would encroach on states' rights.

An amendment that would have created a national criminal justice commission to study wide-ranging reforms in the US criminal justice system was blocked Thursday after most Senate Republicans voted against it, saying it would encroach on states' rights. Chronicle story here. [7]

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