WEBVTT - Bloomberg Law Brief: Obama Criminal Justice Reform(Audio)

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, exploring

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<v Speaker 1>legal issues in the news and Today. Bloomberg Law host

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<v Speaker 1>Jon Grasso discusses a recent Harvard Law Review article by

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<v Speaker 1>President Barack Obama where he discusses the executive branch's role

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<v Speaker 1>in reforming criminal justice in America. She speaks with Michael

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<v Speaker 1>selmy Or, professor at George Washington University Law School. Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen President Obama trying in various ways to preserve

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<v Speaker 1>his legacy. What's your reaction to this writing of a

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<v Speaker 1>Law Review article touting his reforms in criminal justice. He

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<v Speaker 1>really took the time to document what they have done

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<v Speaker 1>in the criminal justice area, and clearly within intent both

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<v Speaker 1>to you know, preserve his legacy, but also I think

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<v Speaker 1>to give a signal of the things that advocacy groups

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<v Speaker 1>likely can do to try and preserve much of what

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<v Speaker 1>the Obama administration has accomplished. The president's chief legal advisor

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<v Speaker 1>said that Obama also hoped the article would give the

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<v Speaker 1>issue of criminal justice reform momentum as he leaves office.

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<v Speaker 1>As as you just indicated, is that likely since the

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<v Speaker 1>incoming president ran on a tough law and order platform,

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<v Speaker 1>It certainly seems that the agenda that is laid out

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<v Speaker 1>in the article is quite contrary to the agenda that

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump administration is bringing in. But it's not so

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<v Speaker 1>clear to me that they will try to undo all

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<v Speaker 1>that's been done, particularly uh the emphasis on re entry

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<v Speaker 1>of individuals who have gone through the criminal justice system.

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<v Speaker 1>Some of the band in the box where employers, and

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<v Speaker 1>this has happened nationwide, have agreed not to hold criminal

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<v Speaker 1>convictions against against applicants and also not to take ato

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<v Speaker 1>account that they might be unemployed when they're applying, and

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<v Speaker 1>those initiatives which are good for the economy and also

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<v Speaker 1>help relieve some of the stigma of the criminal justice system,

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<v Speaker 1>may be preserved, and as well as some of the

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<v Speaker 1>reduction in the criminal population in terms of prison the

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<v Speaker 1>prison population in particular, which is also something that's been

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<v Speaker 1>happening around the country. One of the things that was

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<v Speaker 1>interesting in terms of the report is it does a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of what the above administration has done and it's

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<v Speaker 1>not clear who caused it has also been done in

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<v Speaker 1>local and state jurisdictions around the country, and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of the initiatives have been as cost Satan's and that's

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<v Speaker 1>been true with an effort to reduce the prison population.

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<v Speaker 1>So those things there will be interesting to see whether

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<v Speaker 1>the momentum continues or not. That's Michael sell Me, a

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<v Speaker 1>professor at George Washington University Law School, speaking with Bloomberg

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