I am absolutely convinced, from my experience, that the fact that we have a lot of people in jail for fairly long periods of time has been a factor in--the predominant factor, in my view, in that decline in crime.
Sessions links long jail sentences to the decline in crime rates.
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Our budget would eliminate that procedure. It's something I've opposed, but it's stuck.
I do agree with you that it is a very difficult situation, and Alaska has a particularly unusual situation without having specific Tribal lands that receive specific funds from the Government.
What he decides to do over at the Justice Department will be independent of political considerations over at the White House.
Do you believe that you would come under political pressure from leading Democrats on this committee who want you to arrest 500 more people?
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