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NY Times sees new bipartisan consensus on criminal justice, ignores old one

A story by Adam Liptak published on the front page of the New York Times Tuesday has been getting a lot of attention: "Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice." It described growing "signs of an emerging consensus on the right that the criminal justice system is an aspect of big government that must be contained."I'm glad to see the story, and have witnessed many signs of this seemingly unlikely coalition here in Texas over the past several legislative sessions, and even on national issues.But I'd disagree somewhat with the premise of the article, which is that the left and right are only just now coming to agree on criminal justice. The reality is, for my entire adult lifetime there has been a standing, bipartisan consensus on criminal justice: In favor of expanding its scope and boosting police power...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 27, 2009 (boomark / email).