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Kevin Stitt: “Two guys, same crime on the same day. One is in prison for…”

Featuring: Kevin Stitt, Republican | Governor of Oklahoma

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Kevin Stitt on Republicans after Trump and why the party has 'to get back to integrity'

Published | Video Starts at 22:47

And so the max penalty to me to do something would be three years in prison versus somebody of another race can get 20 years. We have cases right now. Two guys, same crime on the same day. One is in prison for 20 years, one is out because he's an Indian. That, to me, is not fair. And this is a huge problem that we need to talk about. Nationally. We can't have two different systems based on your race. (22:47–22:54)

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Asserts that there is a disparity in sentencing based on race due to jurisdictional issues.

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