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Jodi Emerson: “I think we should be seriously looking at for sure, cutting…”

Featuring: Jodi Emerson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 91

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Campaign 2018: Jodi Emerson (D) Candidate for 91st AD

Published | Video Starts at 06:57

You know, I don't know exactly what the populations are. You know, what's violent crimes, what's small crimes, what's, you know, maybe drug related crimes. So I'm not going to give a specific number, but I think we should be seriously looking at for sure, cutting the people who are going into the system and also looking at getting people out sooner as well. But we can't just say, okay. So I know there's a big topic about legalizing marijuana and some people, especially when they were running for governor, said, well, anybody who's … (06:57–07:09)

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