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Joe Biden: “We need to reform our criminal justice system to make it more fair, more effective, and more just.”

On the recordJune 1, 2020
We need to reform our criminal justice system to make it more fair, more effective, and more just.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
cnn.com

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Speech in Philadelphia

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