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Ronald Reagan: “It is scandalous and intolerable that Federal law now provides no enforceable death penalty for terrorists who slaughter…”

On the recordOctober 15, 1987
It is scandalous and intolerable that Federal law now provides no enforceable death penalty for terrorists who slaughter defenseless American hostages.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Criminal Justice Reform Legislation

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