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— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, October 24th, 2016

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Says Gerald Daugherty advocated lowering the penalty for crimes like strangulation in domestic violence cases because "they just ‘throw more people into the’" jail "‘system." 

— PolitiFact Texas on Monday, October 24th, 2016

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— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, February 26th, 2016

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