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Steve Cohen: The main way that we can deal with this is through pardons, by the pardon power of the President, which he has not used.

On the recordJune 13, 2013
The main way that we can deal with this is through pardons, by the pardon power of the President, which he has not used.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen suggests using presidential pardons to address sentencing disparities.

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