District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era

County and local district attorneys oversaw higher state prison admissions during election years than in other years during the height of the nation’s “tough on crime” era, according to a new study from Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law.

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