On the recordJuly 14, 2010
the notion is that it is particularly punitive, and if it is punitive, Congress wrote the law, the President signed it, and it is a law that, as a prosecutor, you would face.
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Durbin discusses the punitive nature of crack/powder sentencing laws.
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