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On the recordDecember 7, 2009
We need to pass the 'Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act,' and quickly, before another potentially innocent American is executed.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler urges prompt action to prevent wrongful executions.

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