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Kim Kardashian met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss criminal justice reform. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden speaks to reporters in Milwaukee before boarding Air Force One on Wednesday. The president announced Friday he would expand pardons for simple marijuana possession. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Body cam video shows Louisiana state troopers stunning, punching and dragging Ronald Greene as he apologizes for leading them on a high-speed chase, footage authorities refused to release in the two years since Greene died in police custody. Dakota DeMoss/Louisiana State Police via AP hide caption
Brittany K. Barnett is a lawyer, entrepreneur and author of the memoir A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom. Cydni Brown/Brittany K. Barnett hide caption
Myon Burrell was released from Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, Tuesday, following a vote by Minnesota's pardon board commuting his sentence. Burrell, who is Black, was sent to prison for life as a teen in a high-profile murder case that raised questions about the integrity of the criminal justice system that put him away. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
The Louisiana Supreme Court building is pictured in New Orleans. Fair Wayne Bryant was convicted in 1997 of stealing hedge clippers and sentenced to life. Bill Haber/AP hide caption
"We need to make a firm commitment to change, not just with words but with action," Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker listens to a voter during an NPR-moderated discussion with two undecided voters in Booker's hometown of Newark, N.J., on Oct. 12. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Cory Booker Asked About Struggles With Black Voters: 'Let My Work Speak For Me'
New York City officials on Thursday announced a $3.3 million settlement with the family of Kalief Browder, who died by suicide after spending nearly three years in Rikers Island, most of it in solitary confinement. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Senior advisor to the President Jared Kushner (L) leans in to speak with President Donald Trump during the signing of the First Step Act and the Juvenile Justice Reform Act in the Oval Office of the White House on December 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption