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Sonia Sotomayor: “Life experiences have to influence you. We're not robots to listen to evidence and don't have feelings.”

On the recordMay 7, 2009
Life experiences have to influence you. We're not robots to listen to evidence and don't have feelings.
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Sonia Sotomayor
New York

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Sotomayor discusses the importance of acknowledging personal experiences in judicial decision-making.

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