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'Progressive Prosecutors' and the Criminal Justice System

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

May 28, 2021

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Lanny Glinberg, the Director of the Prosecution Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School discusses how progressive prosecutors at district attorney offices are changing criminal justice policy.

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