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Walter B. Jones: “I'm so tired of reading in the paper where a person incarcerated, serving time for a crime, is given the opportunity to…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1995
I'm so tired of reading in the paper where a person incarcerated, serving time for a crime, is given the opportunity to file suit over some usually frivolous type issue, and we, the taxpayers, are paying for this.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

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Questioning the implications of lawsuits filed by incarcerated individuals during a debate on a bill.

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