[GailA]

Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty at the federal level...yep just like dukakis soft on crime, soft on terrorist.

[Cboldt]

Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty at the federal level...

Kerry voted against death penalty for terrorists that kill Americans abroad. The bill passed the Senate by a wide margin, just like the Iraq funding did.

On Passage of the Bill (S.1798), October 26, 1989 <-- Link

Measure Title: A bill to provide for the imposition of the death penalty for the terrorist murder of United States nationals abroad.
Vote Counts: YEAs 79
NAYs 20