A Prosecutor's Role In Criminal Justice Reform, And Organized Labor In Missouri

By Steve Kraske,

Published August 16, 2017 at 4:58 PM CDT

Adam Foss, a former assistant district attorney in Suffolk County, Mass., says today's justice system is the same as the one created hundreds of years ago, and it's failing a lot of people. Today, a conversation on how prosecutors can help fix the criminal justice system. Then, we get caught up on the state of organized labor in Missouri and the status of the right-to-work legislation that Gov. Eric Greitens signed in February.

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Steve Kraske

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