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Henry Hyde: “Coerce? Reclaiming my time, coerce is not the same as incentive. And we are providing incentives for them to have--does…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
Coerce? Reclaiming my time, coerce is not the same as incentive. And we are providing incentives for them to have--does the gentleman not agree that sentencing someone to 10 years and they get out in 3 is a fraud?
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing sentencing policies and incentives during a debate.

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