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On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
It seems to me that either you have mandatory sentences or you have guidelines, and if you have guidelines there's going to be a difference between what judge you're before.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses the implications of mandatory sentences versus guidelines.

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