Chaka Fattah: “I concur with your point of view, and I hope that the amendment is…”

On the recordJune 2, 2015

I concur with your point of view, and I hope that the amendment is withdrawn. But I think that the maker of the proponent amendment is correct that we need to move in this direction. We not only want to make sure that the backlog is ended and that we get bad people off the street; we also don't want innocent people incarcerated for crimes they didn't commit. So this is where the science can help. But you are right that we need to make sure that there is specific direction. I thank the Chairman.

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Chaka Fattah

Pennsylvania

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Jun 2, 2015

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