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107D
ADOPTED

Urges Permission for Federal District Courts to Review De Novo

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges Congress to amend 28 U.S.C. §2254(d) to permit require a federal district court  to review de novo, based on the record made in the federal court, claims of ineffective assistance of counsel by petitioners under sentence of death.

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