Willie Horton controversy
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The Willie Horton controversy was a highly charged political issue in the 1988 U.S. presidential campaign, centered on a convicted murderer who committed violent crimes while on furlough, and used in attack ads to portray Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis as soft on crime.
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