Tweet - "The Constitution guarantees due process and the right to a jury trial. But in practice, judges can increase sentences based on conduct for which a defendant has been acquitted by a jury. Our bipartisan, bicameral bill would end this unjust practice."

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"The Constitution guarantees due process and the right to a jury trial. But in practice, judges can increase sentences based on conduct for which a defendant has been acquitted by a jury. Our bipartisan, bicameral bill would end this unjust practice. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/dem/releases/durbin-grassley-cohen-armstrong-introduce-bipartisan-bicameral-prohibiting-punishment-of-acquitted-conduct-act"

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