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More than 100 former and current prosecutors and law enforcement officials are calling on President Joe Biden to prioritize criminal justice reform and make good on his campaign promise to form a task force to evaluate how criminal cases are prosecuted in the US.

State attorneys, police chiefs and former federal justice officials sent a letter to the administration asking that the task force on 21st century prosecution be convened by the end of the year. It’s the latest call to action from progressive groups that have been putting pressure on the Biden administration to implement criminal justice overhauls from policing to prisons.

The group wants the task force to come up with an implementation plan for its recommendations including an oversight group, and ways to incentivize local prosecutors to enact recommended reforms through grants and federal policy changes.

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