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Released: 1-Oct-2015 4:05 PM EDT
WashU Expert: Senate criminal justice reform bill falls short of needed changes
Washington University in St. Louis

Article Body 2010 A bipartisan groups of United States senators announced Oct. 1 legislation that would overhaul the country's criminal justice system, giving judges more leeway in sentencing and reducing sentences for some nonviolent offenders. It's a move in the right direction but the bill doesn't go far enough, said an expert on criminal justice system reform at Washington University in St.

Released: 25-Sep-2015 11:05 AM EDT
WashU Expert: Boehner unable to pacify 'no compromise' Tea Party
Washington University in St. Louis

Article Body 2010While party politics have put House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in the hot seat in recent months, his hasty resignation from Congress this morning was unexpected, suggests Steven S. Smith, PhD, a nationally recognized expert on congressional politics at Washington University in St. Louis. "Speaker Boehner’s resignation is a complete surprise,” Smith said.



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