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G. K. Butterfield: “If you sell cocaine, you go to prison for four years. You get out of prison. You are a convicted felon.”

On the recordMay 12, 2019
If you sell cocaine, you go to prison for four years. You get out of prison. You are a convicted felon.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the consequences of drug convictions on voting rights.

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