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Patrick Leahy: “There is clearly a strong institutional incentive there, and you have also seen very strong institutional behavior from…”

On the recordJune 28, 2011
There is clearly a strong institutional incentive there, and you have also seen very strong institutional behavior from the big multinational corporations and others trying to deprecate as much as they can and make Americans believe that the jury system is not part of their constitutional legacy.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy highlights corporate influence against the jury system.

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