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On the recordDecember 11, 2012
I am concerned that too young people are being funneled into the criminal justice system, and I think everybody here knows that when they are, their problems only multiply.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy expresses concern about youth being drawn into the criminal justice system.

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