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Mike Lee: “Historically, you know, these kinds of offenses that would have been prosecuted by States would have resulted in…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
Historically, you know, these kinds of offenses that would have been prosecuted by States would have resulted in convictions within the State penal system.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Senator Lee discusses the historical context of state prosecutions versus federal.

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