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John Rice Carter: The vast majority of them said, you know, they had some pretty good redeeming qualities. They just made some terrible…

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
The vast majority of them said, you know, they had some pretty good redeeming qualities. They just made some terrible mistakes.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Carter reflects on the redeeming qualities of many prisoners he encountered.

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