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Arlen Specter: “How has the Armed Career Criminal bill worked, in your experience, in sending those cases to Federal court?”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2010
How has the Armed Career Criminal bill worked, in your experience, in sending those cases to Federal court?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Senator Specter inquires about the effectiveness of the Armed Career Criminal bill.

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