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Jeff Sessions: “You take them into military custody, and then you can try them at your option in civilian courts.”

On the recordApril 13, 2010
You take them into military custody, and then you can try them at your option in civilian courts.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Sessions states that military custody allows for later civilian trials.

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