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Al Franken: “In my opening statement I asked whether we should consider a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty.”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2009
In my opening statement I asked whether we should consider a nationwide moratorium on the death penalty.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken questions the necessity of a moratorium on the death penalty.

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