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Is arresting drug users the wrong cure for low-level crime?

Clip: 10/21/2015 | 7m 50s

Police, prosecutors call for fewer arrests of nonviolent offenders

More than 130 law enforcement officials from around the country have gathered in Washington to push for reform. Chicago Police Department Superintendent Garry McCarthy and Benjamin David, district attorney from New Hanover and Pender Counties in North Carolina, talk with Judy Woodruff about whether there are better strategies for dealing with non-violent offenders.

10/21/2015 | Rating NR

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