nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor3|||Fact Check: Trump's And Biden's Records On Criminal Justice||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Republicans charge that Americans would not be safe with a President Biden. But murder rates are up this year under President Trump, and both candidates have a mixed record on criminal justice reform.

Then-Sen. Joe Biden, right, at Capitol Hill news conference in 1994 after the Senate voted on a major crime bill.



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Fact Check: Trump's And Biden's Records On Criminal Justice

Republicans charge that Americans would not be safe with a President Biden. But murder rates are up this year under President Trump, and both candidates have a mixed record on criminal justice reform.