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Attorney general eric holder's call to reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders has drawn lots of support this week, including a shoutout from senator rand paul. but not everyone is embracing the proposal. over the past few decades, the spike in the prison population has left state governments running out of jails. the government has then turned toment so pretty unusual solutions, a trend we explore in the latest edition of our "presumed guilty" series. >> too many americans go to too many prisons for far too long and for no truly good law enforcement reason. >> over the past 30 years, mandat...

"presumed guilty" reports are up on msnbc.com. don't forget to watch "the cycle." they have fun at 3:00 weekdays. >> you'd be surprised. >> i just watch that show. i told you how good i liked the segment yesterday. atlanta children's hospital reversed course yesterday and decided to list a 15-year-old boy for a heart transplant only days after refusing to do so. this reversal follows a two-day media campaign arguing anthony stokes was being denied a chance to live because of recently behavioral problems. he arrived at the hospital last month wearing a court ordered ankle monitoring device fo...

Is unconstitutional and going against mayor bloomberg. joining me coming up is the reverend al sharpton and ari and he reports on these issues with his "presumed guilty" take. gop hopefuls looking to get a jump on the 2016 race for the white house. is it is the same cast singing the same political song? pop culture personality. b. scott comes out as transgender in a lawsuit against b.e.t. citing discrimination after kicked off the red carpet as a correspondent for tb.e.t. awards. b. scott will join me for a conversation coming up. don't miss it. we can play an important role. that includes c...

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Procurement. we are firing people and ruining fair justice. i think congress need to say we can't decimate the people who provide fair trials. >> ari and a.j. and vincent, thank you for an important discussion, gentlemen. good to see you all. we will have more in-depth analysis on the crisis facing public defenders on our new "presumed guilty" series on our website tv.msnbc.com. ari will have more on "the cycle" at 3:00 p.m. on msnbc. because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tast...