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Benjamin Levin

Benjamin Levin is a lecturer at Harvard Law School who specializes in the criminal justice system and civil rights litigation

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It’s time to rethink “violent” crime: How mislabeling misconduct contributes to our bloated criminal justice system

Benjamin Levin

Bill Clinton listens as Hillary Clinton addresses a group at Maine South High School in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, March 11, 1992. (Reuters/Sue Ogrocki)

It’s worse than just the 1994 crime bill: The Clintons, criminal justice and the damage of ’90s crime politics

Benjamin Levin