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On the recordNovember 17, 2009
I was the primary author of the Federal death penalty provisions for terrorists in the 1994 omnibus crime bill.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Schumer discusses his role in establishing death penalty laws for terrorists.

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