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Jeff Sessions: “Empathy is not a legal standard.”

On the recordOctober 6, 2009
Empathy is not a legal standard.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Sessions emphasizes that empathy should not influence legal decisions.

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