On the recordJuly 14, 2010
Look at our system of corrections, incarceration. There won't be a single justice here, I don't believe, who wouldn't agree with me that something needs to be done.
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Durbin discusses the need for reform in the U.S. corrections system as highlighted by Justice Kennedy.
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