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WASHINGTON (OSV News) A bill to ban the use of capital punishment by the federal government was reintroduced in Congress, where it faces steep odds for passage. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who is also Senate majority whip and chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., reintroduced July 13 their bill, the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, bicameral legislation that would prohibit the use of the death penalty at the federal level and require re-sentencing fo

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