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William Moorhead: “Latitude in every single case where they have not found that it will work an injustice. We have in our legislation that…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
Latitude in every single case where they have not found that it will work an injustice. We have in our legislation that we have, we have provisions in those extreme cases where the judge does have a latitude.
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William Moorhead
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing judicial discretion in legislation.

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