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John Sarbanes: It is pretty brutal treatment, it seems to me, to people who have suffered real harm. But for people to have worked…

On the recordApril 20, 2004
It is pretty brutal treatment, it seems to me, to people who have suffered real harm. But for people to have worked their way through the system with all of the stress and strain involved in doing that, and to have either come up to the point of judgment or, as I understand it, perhaps even achieved judgment, then to be required to go back and begin all over it seems to me is just a completely unacceptable procedure. I am very concerned to hear that. I thank the leader.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Addressing concerns about the treatment of individuals in a legal system.

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