As the United States continues to confront the issues of policing, crime prevention, and mass incarceration, Mrs. Allgood and Mr. Rixon wanted to provide the listeners with another episode that may help shed light on some of these conversations - the 1994 Crime Bill signed by President Bill Clinton. We'll offer some historical background on crime as a campaign issue in the 1980's, how Democrats tried to wrestle it back from Republicans in 1992, and how present-day Americans are struggling with the bill's long-term consequences.

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