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Parliamentary Immunity
Parliamentary, or Congressional, immunity from regular criminal investigation and prosecution is a bad thing. Immunity can have the effect of entrenching corruption. In the past decade, delayed prosecutions of French and Italian leaders (and Russian parliamentarians) have not served those countries well.
Congressmen should not be beyond the reach of the law.
Jeffrey Vanke, Ph.D.
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