Barack Obama: “We need to reconsider whether 20-year, 30-year, life sentences for…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015

We need to reconsider whether 20-year, 30-year, life sentences for nonviolent crimes is the best way for us to solve these problems.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Visit at Federal Correctional Institution El Reno and an Exchange With Reporters in El Reno

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