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On the recordDecember 7, 2009
I believe we should revisit the restrictions placed on the habeas petitions of death row inmates in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler calls for a review of habeas petition restrictions affecting death row inmates.

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