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First-time offenders shouldn’t be treated as career criminals

Guest Opinion//May 21, 2019//[read_meter]

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First-time offenders shouldn’t be treated as career criminals

First-time offenders shouldn’t be treated as career criminals

Guest Opinion//May 21, 2019//[read_meter]

Arizona’s justice system is at a breaking point. In the last 20 years, our prison population has grown seven times faster than our general population, putting us in the unenviable...

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