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Robert C. Byrd: “More and more, because of unrealistic Supreme Court decisions, America is becoming not the land of the free, but the…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 1967
More and more, because of unrealistic Supreme Court decisions, America is becoming not the land of the free, but the land of the freed criminal.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 27, 1967

Editor's note · Context

Discussing crime and the police in light of President Johnson's message on crime.

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