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Senators reach deal to reduce prison time for some offenders

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation on Thursday that would overhaul the nation’s criminal justice system, allowing some nonviolent drug offenders to get reduced prison sentences and giving judges greater discretion in sentencing. “This historic reform bill addresses legitimate over-incarceration concerns while targeting violent criminals and masterminds in the drug trade,” Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said in a ...

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