[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9508]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        WAKE UP CALL ON VIOLENCE

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, another public official, a prosecutor 
this time, fighting drugs and gangs, was gunned down in cold blood. I 
am not talking about Colombia. This was Boston, MA, Congress. Police 
say that tennage gang leaders ordered this assassination.
  Unbelievable. From Boston to Seattle, New York to Los Angeles, your 
town to my town, American is bleeding, unsafe, and dangerous. I say it 
is time to treat these teenagers as adults, charged with murder, and 
they should be put to death. Whether it is a deterrent or not, one 
thing about capital punishment, there is no recidivism. It is time.
  Think about it. When Boston goes from Minuteman to triggerman, all 
Congress and America should be hearing this wake up call.
  I yield back the balance of this violence.

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