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On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
All we are saying is over the next 3 years let us give an incentive to States. It is not a matter of changing the Federal criminal code. No criminal law at the Federal level will be changed, but because there are such serious problems with lack of accountability at the State level, let us encourage States in a modest way to try this out in----
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing incentives for states to improve accountability in criminal justice.

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