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Al Franken: “We have 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's prisoners.”

On the recordNovember 17, 2009
We have 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's prisoners.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken highlights the disproportionate incarceration rates in the U.S.

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