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Jasmine Crockett: “The amount of time that someone would get in rural Texas…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Jasmine Crockett Discusses Her Journey, Political Challenges, and Advocacy for Justice Reform

Published | Video Starts at 21:19

I mean, the injustices ran rampant. And as someone who's licensed to practice in Texas and Arkansas, who's done both urban as well as rural, I mean, you know, The amount of time that someone would get in rural Texas versus the amount of time for the same thing in urban Texas, just night and day. So that's even another dividend that we see. And a lot of it comes down to, really, Democrats versus Republicans and how they choose to offer sentences. (21:19–21:29)

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Asserts that sentencing disparities exist between rural and urban Texas.

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