Hillary Clinton: ‘We have allowed our criminal justice system to get out of balance’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she’s “very pleased” that the U.S. Department of Justice is moving forward with investigations into recent cases involving the deaths of black men and the conduct of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City, weighing in on the controversies as unrest continued across the country over recent grand jury decisions.

Speaking Thursday at a women’s conference in Massachusetts, Mrs. Clinton prefaced her remarks by talking about the criminal justice system, which has come under the spotlight in the wake of...