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On the recordMarch 4, 2020
Clemency 2014 invited clemency petitions from Federal prisoners who had served substantial sentences for low-level nonviolent crimes.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen discusses the Clemency 2014 initiative aimed at addressing mass incarceration.

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