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Marshall Sanford: “I think that the problem of this in this case, in the story that I just read, we have an embittered former wife accusing…”

On the recordJune 22, 2000
I think that the problem of this in this case, in the story that I just read, we have an embittered former wife accusing a person of being a terrorist and, as a result, through no action of his own, he is incarcerated for 19 months of his life.
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Marshall Sanford
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of false accusations in a legal context.

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