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Bill Clinton: The trick to that is -- you obviously want to avoid a definition that is going to fill up the prisons for life with…

On the recordFebruary 28, 1994
The trick to that is -- you obviously want to avoid a definition that is going to fill up the prisons for life with people who really are not in the category that Americans know are the people who are really responsible for a huge percentage of the violent crimes in America.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Briefing by the Vice President and Attorney General Janet Reno

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