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Did Jeff Sessions forget wanting to execute pot dealers?

  • Written by John Donohue, C Wendell and Edith M Carlsmith Professor of Law, Stanford University

Before the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Jeff Sessions’ nomination to be attorney general, senators should demand an explanation for the sudden bout of amnesia he had at his nomination hearing earlier this month.

When Sen. Patrick Leahy asked him about his past support for imposing mandatory death sentences on people twice convicted of...

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