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On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
The President's clemency program suggests that the Attorney General will consider clemency for those who have already served 10 years, low level, non-violent, essentially first offenders, and then it raises the question what is a 'low level, non-violent first offender' doing with 10 years to begin with.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott questions the rationale behind long sentences for low-level offenders.

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