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Dick Durbin: “You and I both recognized the brutal injustice of a 100-to-1, and we agreed on 18-to-1.”

On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
You and I both recognized the brutal injustice of a 100-to-1, and we agreed on 18-to-1.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin highlighted a bipartisan agreement on the injustice of sentencing disparities.

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