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Dick Durbin: “Mr. Thibodeaux, how much contact did you have with the outside world in your 15-year experience?”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2014
Mr. Thibodeaux, how much contact did you have with the outside world in your 15-year experience?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin inquires about Thibodeaux's contact with the outside world during imprisonment.

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