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On the recordFebruary 14, 2002
I, personally, as I stated earlier today, when I was in the State legislature, introduced legislation to make life without the possibility of parole mean what it says; that if you are sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, that is what it should be. I want the record to be spread with the fact that Reid and Specter are for tough sentencing. We will do everything we can to put people in prison and jail who deserve to be in prison and jail. They should complete their sentences, but after that has been done and they have paid their debt to society, shouldn't they have the right to vote? That is what it is all about.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Discussing sentencing laws and voting rights for felons.

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