Carl Marlinga: “I toughened up policies on plea bargaining.”

“Okay, well, I think everybody knows. I was elected prosecutor five times starting in 1984. And in that office, I did the things that you would normally expect a prosecutor to do. I toughened up policies on plea bargaining. I created special units to help victims of criminal sexual conduct, special units to take care of child victims of crime.” (00:51–00:56)

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