Ronald Reagan actually said...

It is scandalous and intolerable that Federal law now provides no enforceable death penalty for terrorists who slaughter defenseless American hostages.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting Proposed Criminal Justice Reform Legislation

10/15/1987

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