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On the recordMarch 26, 2014
Our government's greatest power, the conduit by which it can deprive a citizen of liberty or even life itself, is criminal law.
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Rick Scott
Republican · Florida

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Scott emphasizes the power of criminal law and its implications for citizens' rights.

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