On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
Why do you keep picking prosecutors? Aren't there any criminal defense lawyers who could be judges?
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congress.govDick Durbin: “Why do you keep picking prosecutors? Aren't there any criminal defense lawyers who could be judges?”
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Questions the selection of judges from a prosecutor background over defense lawyers.
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