The issue focused on progress made by civil rights activists over the past eight years in improving criminal justice reform and prosecution for violent criminals. Advocates argued that prosecutors should charge defendants more harshly than courts would allow prosecutors to prosecute individuals based on prosecutorial misconduct. Attorney General Loretta Lynch spoke about criminal justice reforms during her Justice Department confirmation hearings. At one point, Attorney General Loretta Lynch referred to domestic violence as "not only illegal but unlawful," claiming it affected police departments nationwide. Legal scholars argue that attorneys general don't