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On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
There is no general Federal crime. So, many things like larceny and even murder, when there is no civil rights connection, have traditionally been totally the responsibility of the States.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions emphasizes the traditional state responsibility for crimes without federal civil rights connections.

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