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On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
If I am an impoverished criminal defendant, minority, standing before you as my judge, do I have a chance?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin questions the fairness of judicial treatment for marginalized defendants.

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