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Danny Davis: “Many of them were put on the books as we decided that we needed to get tough on crime in the 1980s and the early 1990s.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2009
Many of them were put on the books as we decided that we needed to get tough on crime in the 1980s and the early 1990s.
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Danny Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis reflects on the origins of strict licensure requirements for felons.

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