I think we have to look very closely at our current scheme of mandatory minimum sentences as a result.
Mike Lee: “I think we have to look very closely at our current scheme of mandatory minimum sentences as a result.”
On the recordNovember 5, 2013
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Lee emphasizes the need to review mandatory minimum sentences due to prison overcrowding.
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