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Mark Warner: “I am firmly opposed to the introduction into the criminal statutes a standard of criminality which I feel is far too…”

On the recordJune 16, 2004
I am firmly opposed to the introduction into the criminal statutes a standard of criminality which I feel is far too vague to support the extreme of deprivation of life, liberty, and freedom--not life, perhaps, but liberty and freedom.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing legislation related to jurisdictional reach of criminal statutes.

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