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Prison Reform is Bigger in Texas

Criminal Justice

The Lone Star State has led a surprisingly progressive overhaul of its incarceration system. The story behind the bipartisan push that GOP contenders may be extolling come 2016.

Olivia Nuzzi
Olivia Nuzzi
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It appears Rick Perry is going to run for president again in 2016.

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Perry, 65, will leave the governor’s office next January after serving for 14 years, beginning in 2000, when George W.

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