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Grappling with recidivism, something we should all care about. that is why president obama and attorney general eric holder embraced sentencing reform, like executive action to reduce mandatory minimums. and a new system to consider commuting the sentences of people who are still serving time under the old crack cocaine disparity. and it's why some republicans, to their credit, are changing gears. look, this is a good example. here's what newt gingrich said to "the new york times" in 1992. we have to build enough prisons so there are enough beds that every violent criminal in america is locked...

H.w. bush to the press tinlgs third circuit court of appeals. he's received many awards, including recognition in the best lawyers for america list for regulatory law and the minority bar committee award for the pennsylvania bar. again with once advancement project co-director, judith brown dianis, judge billy, who served as a criminal defense attorney. he's been named one of the top 100 trial lawyers in the u.s., as well as reason magazine's peter suderman. and on remote, shane bauer, the investigative journalist behind that piece joins us from boulder, colorado. shane, your previous pieces l...

this is all in response to the growing presence of russian personnel in ukraine's crimea reign. hundreds of gunman surround ukraine's military base in crimea and we're seeing armored vehicles and mounted machine guns. the gunman are unidentified for the most part, but many of their vehicles have russian license plates. their demand, that ukrainian troops disarm and the russian parliament just yesterday unanimously approved vladimir putin's request for military intervention. the response in ukraine was swift and concerning. its prime minister calling president putin's actions a declar...

Cases inside those walls? >> it causes physical harm and people who can't sleep and under this kind of stress will shorten their life. in california, you have indefinite solitary confinement. shane bauer was in solitary for four months. i have almost a hundred prisoners who are my clients who have been in solitary for over 20 years in a small window cell and never being able to see a tree and they are there not because they have committed some heinous act while they are in prison, but they are there simply because they have some association, could be very loose and ill-defined like having a pi...

Another cell mate sleeps up there. it's pretty bleak. >> that was shane bauer, an investigative journalist who visited the shu at pelican bay state prison, as part of an investigative report for "mother jones" magazine. shane was also imprisoned in iran for 26 months and sfepent four of those months locked in solitary confinement. also here, pardiss kebriaei. glenn martin, vice president of public affairs for the fortune society, a nonprofit organization that works to help formerly incarcerated people to reenter our society. and victoria law, author of "resistance wbehind bars," and contributo...