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On the recordApril 13, 2010
If you look at the scorecard since 9/11, how many successful prosecutions and convictions of terrorists have taken place in Article III courts under the Bush administration and Obama administration?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin questions the effectiveness of military commissions versus Article III courts for terrorist prosecutions.

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