Richard Durbin actually said...

I have authored the Fair Sentencing Act, which finally reduced dramatically the disparity between crack and powder cocaine.

Durbin mentions his legislative efforts to address sentencing disparities.

06/18/2012

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We do not have to cross that line, and we all kind of know where that line is.

Solitary confinement makes our criminal justice system criminal.

We want to make certain--or at least our policy is that those with serious mental illness will not be sent there in the first place.

I want to commend you for being one of the few Senators who knows directly about which we speak, because you visit these places.