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On crime and justice, Trump and Harris records differ widely

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Kamala Harris has a long record of working in the criminal justice system.

She served as district attorney in San Francisco from 2004 to 2010 and as attorney general of California from 2010 to 2017 .

Julian Zelizer says there are substantial differences between the two candidates.

Zelizer: In both offices, Harris undertook a number of reforms in criminal justice policy.

In December 2018 , Trump supported the “First Step Act’s efforts to reduce the likelihood that inmates would be convicted again after their release.

The next president will have choices to make about the crime and justice policies that the federal government will pursue.

Their records suggest that Harris and Trump would make very different choices about those issues.

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