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Charles Rangel: “The current sentencing requirements fail to accomplish the legislative intent in the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act.”

On the recordMay 20, 2009
The current sentencing requirements fail to accomplish the legislative intent in the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act.
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Charles Rangel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Rangel critiques current sentencing laws for not meeting their intended goals.

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