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A look inside Mexico's judicial overhaul

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Mexico will, in all likelihood, soon become the world's first country to elect every single one of its judges, including the Mexican supreme court. Many legal experts in Mexico agree the judicial branch needs fixing, but are skeptical this is the way to do it.
Guests
David Shortell, a reporter in Mexico City who covered this issue for CNN.
Gabriel Ferreyra, associate professor of criminal justice and criminalistics at California State University in Los Angeles. He used to be a lawyer in Mexico for many years and has extensively researched Mexico's judicial system.
Mitchel Lasser, law professor at Cornell Law School who has written about the different ways of selecting judges around the world.
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Tyler Mattiace, an Americas researcher at Human Rights Watch, primarily covering Mexico.