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On the recordJuly 14, 2015
We must do better, and we can. We cannot stand by while these alarming disparities and destructive cycles persist generation after generation.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott emphasizes the need for reform in the criminal justice system to break generational cycles.

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