Reno Backs Law to Speed Executions; Senate Panel Praises Justice Dept. Nominee

The Washington Post | March 10, 1993| | Copyright

Contending that protracted death penalty delays make a "mockery of the justice system," Attorney General-designate Janet Reno yesterday pledged to help craft new Clinton administration anti-crime legislation that would speed executions by cutting back on the appeal rights of death row inmates.

Although Reno only last month said she was "personally" opposed to capital punishment, the 54-year-old Dade County state attorney defused that stance as a potential issue with forceful comments during a daylong confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Describing herself as a tough ...

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