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Patrick Leahy: “We should be willing to reevaluate mandatory minimum sentences.”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
We should be willing to reevaluate mandatory minimum sentences.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy advocates for reassessing mandatory minimum sentences as part of prison reform.

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