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Mary Gay Scanlon: This so-called 'trial penalty' punishes individuals for exercising their constitutional right.

On the recordJune 16, 2021
This so-called 'trial penalty' punishes individuals for exercising their constitutional right.
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon highlights the negative impact of the trial penalty on defendants' rights.

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