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Claire McCaskill: You are spending $7 billion, and 95 percent of that money is being spent on non-violent offenders.

On the recordAugust 3, 2015
You are spending $7 billion, and 95 percent of that money is being spent on non-violent offenders.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill highlights the disproportionate spending on non-violent offenders in the justice system.

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