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Eugene DePasquale: “So many of these crimes relate back to the most failed war…”

Featuring: Eugene DePasquale, Former Candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney General

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Attorney General Candidate Eugene DePasquale • Republican Debate Preview - Greater Society Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 21:57

And he eventually was dealing as a result of that and had a ten and a half year prison sentence. So many of these, so many, not all. So many of these crimes relate back to the most failed war in the history of the United States and that's the war on drugs. And so I've seen both sides of this. And again, if you harm a child, if you harm anybody with guns, not I want to be clear, violence is, I want to, will always be held accountable. (21:57–22:04)

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Asserts that many crimes are connected to the failure of the U.S. war on drugs.

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