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Rick Santorum: “I think there is a problem with our criminal justice system. John McCain pointed out and many of us have pointed it out…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2017
I think there is a problem with our criminal justice system. John McCain pointed out and many of us have pointed it out for a long time, when someone commits an act of terrorism in the United States, particularly I would argue, someone who is not a United States citizen, they should not be treated like a normal criminal.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Santorum argued that terrorists should be treated as enemy combatants rather than ordinary criminals.

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