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Our criminal justice system is broken. And it needs to be repaired. The 2000 presidential campaign threw a spotlight on the criminal justice system in George W. Bush's home state, focusing attention on questionable convictions, sleeping lawyers, and the speed with which America's No. 1 death penalty state executes inmates. Over the past couple of weeks, the Legislature has taken up some of those issues. Inmates have won easier access to post-conviction DNA testing.