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Lindsey Graham: “Like crack cocaine. We finally fixed that, but that was just sort of an indefensible sentencing disparity.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
Like crack cocaine. We finally fixed that, but that was just sort of an indefensible sentencing disparity.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham highlights the need for addressing sentencing disparities in drug laws.

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