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Summer Lee: “We know the harm we've done with the disparate sentencing around crack cocaine. It doesn't save us anything to not…”

On the recordJune 16, 2021
We know the harm we've done with the disparate sentencing around crack cocaine. It doesn't save us anything to not reverse those decisions for people that are inside.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Acknowledging the harm of past sentencing policies and advocating for their reversal.

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