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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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