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G. K. Butterfield: “We cannot direct the states with respect to their criminal justice system. We don't have that power.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2019
We cannot direct the states with respect to their criminal justice system. We don't have that power.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Butterfield explains Congress's limitations in influencing state criminal justice policies.

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