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Consensus builds on sentencing laws, black women & the police, Tuesday Reviews Day
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Jul 28, 2015
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Consensus builds on sentencing laws, black women & the police, Tuesday Reviews Day

More agreement that mandatory sentence laws need to be reformed, a study looks at how police treat black women, and Tuesday Reviews Day.

A typical prison cell.
A typical prison cell.
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More agreement that mandatory sentence laws need to be reformed, a study looks at how police treat black women, and Tuesday Reviews Day.

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Both Republicans and Democrats are showing a willingness to alter tough sentencing laws that have been in place for decades.
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A look at the encounters that don't always make the headlines.
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If the name Marcy's Diner means anything to you, chances are you recently saw a news story about a family on vacation in Maine.
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Every Tuesday our regular music experts join us in the studio to talk about the latest in new music for our segment Tuesday Reviewsday.
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The Santa Ana sucker is a bottom-feeder, and it's at the center of a fight involving two cities, 10 water agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Now that Boston has officially pulled their bid from the international pool of 2024 Olympics host cities, there has been a lot of buzz about Los Angeles stepping in.
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The debate about whether doctors should be allowed to help their patients terminate their lives took another turn this week when a San Diego judge dismissed a lawsuit on the issue.
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Come this fall, students at a San Francisco public high school will soon be able to sign up for an elective, said to be the first of its kind in the nation: A class on LGBT history.