David Soares Meets With President On Mass Incarceration

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By David Guistina

Published October 23, 2015 at 7:09 AM EDT

Albany County DA David Soares — Albany County District Attorney David Soares

This morning, WAMC Morning Edition Host David Guistina talks with Albany County District Attorney David Soares about his visit to Washington to hear Obama talk to law enforcement officials across the country about mass incarceration and movements such as Black Lives Matter.

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