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Haley Barbour: The idea that somehow shooting your girlfriend or your wife is a lesser crime than killing a stranger is a relic that we…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2012
The idea that somehow shooting your girlfriend or your wife is a lesser crime than killing a stranger is a relic that we hoped had been left very much in the past.
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Haley Barbour

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Jeffrey Toobin critiques the outdated views on crimes of passion.

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