On the recordSeptember 28, 2010
The Athens Banner-Herald quoted you as saying, 'Sentencing does not deter crime. The only thing I see sentencing doing is taking a person off the street so they can't do it for a while.'
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congress.govJeff Sessions: “The Athens Banner-Herald quoted you as saying, 'Sentencing does not deter crime. The only thing I see sentencing doing…”
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Sessions questions the effectiveness of sentencing as a deterrent.
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