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Patrick Morrisey: “For abuse causing serious bodily injury, we increased that…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 02:03

We increased the jail time for the abuse of a child that causes injury from a 1 to 5 sentence to 2 to 10. For abuse causing serious bodily injury, we increased that penalty from 2 to 10 to 5 to 15. We made it clear. Hang on, An aborted sneeze. I'm sorry, but thank you. Am I coming the right time of day? How you guys doing? I don't know. We're. (02:03–02:10)

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Asserts that penalties for child abuse causing serious injury were increased from 2-10 years to 5-15 years.

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