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Bill Clinton: We know objectively we can't jail our way out of the crisis.

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
We know objectively we can't jail our way out of the crisis.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks in a Roundtable Discussion at the White House Leadership Conference on Youth Drug Use and Violence in Greenbelt

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