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On the recordJanuary 18, 2010
Would you recommend to a city like Philadelphia that they go back to commercial bail?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Specter inquires about the potential benefits of reinstating commercial bail in Philadelphia.

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