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Steve Cohen: The President can do it now. And there are so many other laws, unjust sentences that he could take care of by commuting…

On the recordJune 13, 2013
The President can do it now. And there are so many other laws, unjust sentences that he could take care of by commuting sentences, and he needs to do it.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen urges the President to commute unjust sentences immediately.

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