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Summer Lee: We have found that mandatory minimums and over-incarceration has been the history of criminal justice.

On the recordNovember 13, 2017
We have found that mandatory minimums and over-incarceration has been the history of criminal justice.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Highlighting issues with mandatory minimums in criminal justice reform.

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