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On the recordApril 29, 2024
Which leads to why am I being slapped more than once on the incarceration for a very low-level crime, if you will.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the severity of penalties for minor offenses.

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