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Dick Durbin: I think it is important to have discretion and to trust the judge to exercise that discretion within certain limits.

On the recordSeptember 8, 2014
I think it is important to have discretion and to trust the judge to exercise that discretion within certain limits.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the importance of judicial discretion in sentencing.

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