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One part of the Bill Clinton legacy of which I am NOT proud. The AEDPA, or the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. Effective Death Penalty/ WHAT? Proof you can stick the word Antiterrorism on a bill and it will pass, no matter how bad it is. This bill is a procedural nightmare for capital litigants. I watched it negatively affect death row inmates for six years while I worked for the Parole Board. Shameful. washingtonpost/sf/national/2014/11/15/last-chance-pleas-from-death-row-often-tossed-over-late-filings/?wpmm=AG0003433
Posted on: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 06:29:39 +0000

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