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Bill Clinton: Well, I just think that you run a serious risk when you do it in a high-profile trial. Secondly, you had a very…

On the recordSeptember 21, 1995
Well, I just think that you run a serious risk when you do it in a high-profile trial. Secondly, you had a very excellent defense, and you've had a lot of--in terms of--and they're famous, they're well-known, and they're able. And then you had all these extraneous elements coming in that don't normally come in a murder trial. So I would just say, we should be hesitant to recommend sweeping changes in the American justice system based on this trial, which is unlike any one in my experience. Mr. King. As an Attorney General in--which you were in Arkansas----
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Bill Clinton
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