AP Exclusive: Harris' call for reform collides with her past
WASHINGTON (AP) ” When Kamala Harris made her much-heralded arrival in Washington as California’s first African American U.S. senator, she made a curious early decision.Within months of her swearing-in, she sponsored a bill urging states to eliminate cash bail, denouncing the system as a scourge on the poor and communities of color.That position would become a key part of her criminal justice reform platform. But her choice surprised some bail reform advocates back in […]
