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title: criminal legal system
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# criminal legal system

The criminal legal system describes policing, prosecution, courts, and corrections in the United States. We use the term “criminal legal system” instead of the more traditional “criminal justice system,” because these systems do not reliably deliver justice.

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