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Ron DeSantis: “We've rejected, I mean, they were, we obviously weren't…”

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Governor DeSantis Delivers Remarks at Florida Sheriffs Association Winter Conference

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

And then what, like two weeks later you got to arrest again when the person commits an additional offense. That's very demoralizing in terms of wearing a uniform and putting yourself at risk. And, and so, so We've rejected, I mean, they were, we obviously weren't going to do it at the state level. I know there was some rumblings about it, you know, maybe early in my tenure there was also rumblings about reducing sentences and letting people out early. And I think we put the kibosh on that pretty definitively that they haven't really brought that back, you know, in more recent years, because I think they know it's not going to do. (04:39–04:53)

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