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Senate GOP Blocks Criminal Justice Commission Amendment

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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.

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