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Al Franken: we have less than five percent of the world's population, but we have nearly a quarter of its prisoners.

On the recordMarch 20, 2012
we have less than five percent of the world's population, but we have nearly a quarter of its prisoners.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken highlights the U.S. prison population crisis.

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