A changing tide on criminal justice policies? Years of civil rights organizing, coupled with expensive prisons and tight budgets, are driving a “revolution” on both sides of the political spectrum in rethinking criminal justice policies. Former federal Judge Timothy K. Lewis, the Advancement Project’s Judith Browne Dianis, criminal defense attorney Billy Murphy, Reason’s Peter Suderman and former Iranian hostage and investigative journalist Shane Bauer discuss with Ari Melber.

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