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Cory Booker: To have us, as we claim to be the land of freedom and liberty, but to have one out of every four imprisoned people on…

On the recordAugust 3, 2015
To have us, as we claim to be the land of freedom and liberty, but to have one out of every four imprisoned people on the planet Earth here in the United States of America, even though we only have 4 to 5 percent of our population, runs contrary to our core ideals.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker critiques the high incarceration rate in the U.S. as contradictory to American values.

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