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Patrick Leahy: “Those of us who had the privilege to serve as prosecutors before we were here in the Senate know what a lot of these…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2009
Those of us who had the privilege to serve as prosecutors before we were here in the Senate know what a lot of these cases are like.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy reflects on the personal impact of crime beyond statistics.

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