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On the recordMarch 12, 2013
This Committee has heard a lot of testimony on mandatory minimums. They have been found to waste the taxpayers' money, do nothing about crime, and often result in sentences that are violative of common sense.
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F. Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner criticizes mandatory minimum sentencing for being ineffective and wasteful.

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