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By: Dick Durbin

Date: Jan. 29, 2019

Issues: Criminal Justice

"Matthew Charles is a beneficiary of the #FirstStepAct sentencing reforms that I authored with @ChuckGrassley, and I was honored to have the opportunity to meet him today. There are thousands more individuals like him who will get a second chance because of this bill."

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