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Andy Biggs: “Policies that say we need to be compassionate to criminals…”

Featuring: Andy Biggs, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 5

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The Push to Show Compassion to Criminals Exacerbates the Crime Epidemic

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

What are your thoughts tonight? First of all, it's good to be with you again, Ed. And look, let's face it, it's the Policies that say we need to be compassionate to criminals exacerbate problems. the criminal class who are causing these problems. That's what exacerbates the problems. That's the mentality that says we're not going to put people in prison, we're not going to … (00:28–00:40)

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Asserts that policies promoting compassion towards criminals worsen societal issues.

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