Chuck Schumer: “I just make two quick points. First, if there is a judge who is opposed to the death penalty and refuses to implement…”

“I just make two quick points. First, if there is a judge who is opposed to the death penalty and refuses to implement the law of the land, we should not eliminate any change that an innocent person has a right to some appeal. We should get rid of the judge, and, as I understand it, that is just what the people in California did in the case of the judge the gentleman is talking about. That was the appropriate remedy. Because there are some judges who either go too far one way or the other, Mr. Chairman, we should not change the law for them. We should change them. The second point I will make to the gentleman is this one: If there is no Watt amendment, and if 729 passes, there will be no route after the first appeal for evidence of innocence to enter into the case.”