Al Franken actually said...

"I found the article extremely disturbing and the findings of the National Academy's report to be terrifying."

"We incarcerate more people than any other industrialized nation--in fact, we incarcerate more people than any nation, period."

"In my opening statement I asked whether we should consider a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty."

"The fact is that many forensic tests have never been exposed to stringent scientific scrutiny."