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Eleanor Holmes Norton: We don't believe in American democracy in collective guilt. We don't believe in mass punishment.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
We don't believe in American democracy in collective guilt. We don't believe in mass punishment.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues against punishing a community for the actions of one individual.

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