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On the recordJune 25, 2014
A woman recants, but you go ahead with the excited utterance and you make the prosecution because of the statistical likelihood of re-offending.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse discusses prosecuting cases based on the risk of re-offending despite victim recantation.

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