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Richard Blumenthal: “Do we have any objective data, anything comprehensive about how much discretion judges use in enforcing those rules?”

On the recordNovember 4, 2013
Do we have any objective data, anything comprehensive about how much discretion judges use in enforcing those rules?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal questions the availability of data on judges' discretion with rules.

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