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Ed Bryant: “In this body we are talking about following what the courts are already beginning to do as the pendulum swings back…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
In this body we are talking about following what the courts are already beginning to do as the pendulum swings back toward a fair balance in protecting not only, again, not only the criminals' rights, but the victims' rights.
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Ed Bryant
Tennessee

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Discussing the balance between criminals' and victims' rights.

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