House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said mens rea reform will not be dropped from criminal justice and sentencing reform legislation stalled in the House.

“Absolutely not,” Goodlatte replied when asked at the Washington Post’s Criminal Justice Summit in Washington, D.C., if he would drop the issue of mens rea reform in order to pass sentencing or prison reform.

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