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Law would toughen penalties for serious assaults

Family members of a Bronx resident killed after being sucker-punched by a teen criticized the slow progress of a law meant to create tougher penalties for similar crimes. Viewer video shows the moment

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Mar 25, 2016, 2:04 AM

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