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John Conyers: “There are limits on prosecutorial discretion and is the Obama administration setting examples where there are no limits?…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
There are limits on prosecutorial discretion and is the Obama administration setting examples where there are no limits? And the answer to that is, no, there are limits.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Addressing the limits of prosecutorial discretion in the context of the Obama administration.

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