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July 25, 2014

New Federal Crimes

The House Judiciary Committee Over-Criminaliztion Task Force held a hearing on the growing number of new federal crimes and Congress' enactm… read more

The House Judiciary Committee Over-Criminaliztion Task Force held a hearing on the growing number of new federal crimes and Congress' enactment of new criminal statutes. The witnesses focuses on ways to simplify the federal justice system. According to a Congressional Research Service report, 403 new criminal statutes were created by Congress from 2008 to 2013, totaling nearly 5,000 federal statutes carrying criminal penalties. close

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Spencer Bachus III U.S. Representative [R] Alabama
John S. Baker Jr. Professor Emeritus Louisiana State University->Law School

Steven D. Benjamin President (Former) National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
John Conyers Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Michigan
Hakeem Jeffries U.S. Representative [D] New York
Hank Johnson Jr. U.S. Representative [D] Georgia
Bobby Scott U.S. Representative [D] Virginia
James Sensenbrenner Jr. U.S. Representative [R] Wisconsin

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Program ID:: 320676-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jul 25, 2014 | 10:20am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Aug 05, 2014 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Jul 25, 2014 | 10:20am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Jul 25, 2014 | 8:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 26, 2014 | 12:44am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 26, 2014 | 6:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 28, 2014 | 10:28pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Jul 29, 2014 | 4:17am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Aug 05, 2014 | 6:00pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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