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On the recordJanuary 3, 1975
I hope that the sound discretion of our Federal district court judges will minimize the possibility that a defendant will be unnecessarily exonerated from punishment for a serious offense without ever having undergone a trial.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Speedy Trial Act of 1974

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