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Dick Durbin's Public Statements on Issue: Death Penalty

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07/13/2023 Durbin, Pressley Reintroduce Bill to End Federal Death Penalty
05/12/2021 Momentum Grows for Pressley Legislation to End Federal Death Penalty
01/12/2021 Durbin, Pressley, Colleagues Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Federal Death Penalty
11/13/2020 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General for the Dept. of Justice - Durbin, Pressley, Leahy, Booker To Trump Administration: Suspend All Federal Executions During Transition Period
11/13/2020 Tweet - "Today @RepPressley , @SenatorLeahy , @SenBooker , & I are calling on AG Barr to suspend all federal executions so the incoming Biden-Harris Admin. can evaluate--and hopefully end--the use of the federal death penalty. It is discriminatory, immoral & ineffective. Read our letter here:"
10/29/2019 Tweet - "Powerful story about victims' family's opposition to the first federal execution in 20 years. It's time for Congress to pass my bill with @AyannaPressley, @SenLeahy & @SenBooker to place a ban on the arbitrary and unfair federal death penalty."
07/31/2019 Tweet - "Try as we might, we cannot escape the fact that the death penalty in America is disproportionately imposed on minorities & poor people. SCOTUS Justices Blackmun & Stevens both declared their opposition to it by the end of their careers, recognizing the system to be deeply flawed."
07/31/2019 Kaine Joins Durbin, Leahy, Booker To Introduce Legislation To Ban The Death Penalty
03/25/2009 Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee - Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
02/14/2007 Remarks of Sen. Dick Durbin Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing "Judicial Security and Independence"
01/06/2005 Hearing on the Committee on the Judiciary on Confirmation Hearing for Nomination of Alberto R. Gonzalas to be Attorney General
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