Criminal Justice Changes Need Harris to Lead, Advocates Say (1)

Advocates expect Vice President Kamala Harris to play a central role in guiding the Biden administration’s efforts to implement sweeping criminal justice reforms.

Harris brings to the task her experience as a district attorney in San Francisco and as California attorney general, and the reforms Harris touted in her own presidential campaign plan largely match the policies proposed by President Joe Biden, putting her views in line with one of the administration’s top priorities.

The focus on criminal justice comes as President Joe Biden is expected to announce more racial justice policies today following a broad executive order meant ...