Sec. 602. Findings
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Congress finds that— it is in the interest of the United States to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of the criminal justice system; there has not been a comprehensive study since the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice was established in 1965; in a span of 18 months, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice produced a comprehensive report entitled The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society , which contained 200 specific recommendations on all aspects of the criminal justice system involving— Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments; civic organizations; religious institutions; business groups; and individual citizens; and developments over the intervening 50 years require once again that Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments, law enforcement agencies, including rank and file officers, civil rights organizations, community-based organization leaders, civic organizations, religious institutions, business groups, and individual citizens come together to review evidence and consider how to improve the criminal justice system.