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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The criminal justice system, its purpose is in fact to hold perpetrators accountable and put them in prison.”

On the recordDecember 8, 2014
The criminal justice system, its purpose is in fact to hold perpetrators accountable and put them in prison.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand discusses the role of the criminal justice system.

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