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Andrea Joy Campbell: “Mr. Chairman, it is of that magnitude. We know 26 times already this process has been used to put people in jail in this…”

On the recordJune 22, 2000
Mr. Chairman, it is of that magnitude. We know 26 times already this process has been used to put people in jail in this country. INS claims that there are only 8 left. We do not know that for sure. I think that the magnitude was reached the first time that a person in the United States of America was put in jail on the basis of evidence he or she could not see, certainly if that is not enough for everyone to agree, 25, 26 people is.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the implications of a legal process used to incarcerate individuals.

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