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Patrick Leahy: “Why should it not compensate victims for the harm it wrongly causes?”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
Why should it not compensate victims for the harm it wrongly causes?
Said by
Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
Source
congress.gov
Jan 29, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Questioning state accountability for wrongful actions.

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