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Gerald Ford: “No major revision of the District's criminal laws should be undertaken without the benefit of the Commission's…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1976
No major revision of the District's criminal laws should be undertaken without the benefit of the Commission's recommendations.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Bill To Extend the Period Prohibiting Revision of the District of Columbia Criminal Code.

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