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Jasmine Crockett: “There's a reason in Texas that it goes from 5 to 99 are…”

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

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Jasmine Crockett says there was one major factor in the Karmelo Anthony verdict: racism.

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

This wasn't someone who said, hey, let me stab you five, six, seven times. And so when you're looking at the punishment range, There's a reason in Texas that it goes from 5 to 99 are life. Because you are looking at how intentional, like, how bad was this? 35 years for a kid who had decided to go under a tent that was not his team's … (01:02–01:07)

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Asserts that Texas law allows for a wide range of sentencing from 5 years to life.

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