Conservative groups press lawmakers to support criminal justice overhaul bill

From The Nevada Independent:

The letter was jointly sent by the American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform, Right on Crime, FreedomWorks, R Street Institute and the Faith & Freedom Coalition to lawmakers after the bill, AB236, was voted out of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Friday morning.

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