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Five Democratic U.S. Senators on Monday Asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearings on the Death Penalty
2/10/2000
Five Democratic U.S. senators on Monday asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on the death penalty in light of findings that 13 Illinois Death Row inmates were later found innocent. "We fear the problems of fairness and accuracy associated with the death penalty - including inadequate representation, lack of access to DNA testing, police misconduct, racial bias and even simple errors - are not unique to Illinois," the senators wrote. Sens. Russell Feingold, Dick Durbin, Edward Kennedy, Carl Levin and Robert Torricelli signed the letter. A spokeswoman for Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch did not immediately return phone calls Monday.
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