<div>Clay is joined by Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and author of “Profit and Punishment” Tony Messenger to look at the ways our criminal justice system has prioritized money, punishment and power over lives during a time when we are finally reevaluating the way our country pursues justice. How does the system impact the poor? Is it something that we should all be concerned about? And what can we do to fight inequity and restore a belief in true fairness and common sense?</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/tonymess">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/tony-messenger/">STL Today Articles</a> | <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/tony-messenger-st-louis-post-dispatch">Pulitzer.org </a>| <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Profit-Punishment-America-Criminalizes-Justice/dp/1250274648">Author of “Profit and Punishment”</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/clayaiken">Clay Aiken</a> has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014. </div>
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