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Jeff Sessions: “I believed these crack cocaine laws were too harsh and particularly it was disadvantageous to the African-American…”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
I believed these crack cocaine laws were too harsh and particularly it was disadvantageous to the African-American community.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions acknowledged the unfair impact of crack cocaine laws on African-Americans.

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