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Bobby Scott: “I would hope that in order to get some of these mandatory minimums off the books, the first thing we have to do is stop…”

On the recordJune 27, 2012
I would hope that in order to get some of these mandatory minimums off the books, the first thing we have to do is stop passing new ones.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott advocates for halting the introduction of new mandatory minimum sentences.

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