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The Criminal Injustice System

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The Criminal Injustice System

29 Dec 2015

HKS Alumnus Bryan Stevenson spent his career working to address issues of racial and wealth inequality in the United States’ justice system. He believes this inequality stems from a failure of the nation to reconcile its dark history with regard to slavery and Jim Crow. His work as Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative focuses on defending those without the means to properly defend themselves. This episode was originally published on November 19, 2014.
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Authors

Harvard Kennedy School

Duration
15:33
Episode number
45
Published in
United States of America

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