[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 3, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TIMOTHY McVEIGH HAS ONLY ONE RIGHT LEFT

  (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, Timothy McVeigh has been convicted of 
mass murder. A jury will now deliberate whether McVeigh gets life in 
prison or the death sentence. I say, did McVeigh give any of those 168 
innocent victims an opportunity to plea bargain? Did McVeigh give any 
of those 19 murdered children an opportunity for a life sentence? I 
ask, did McVeigh in fact give any consideration at all to the innocent 
victims and the families of those victims? No, Mr. Speaker.
  I say that Timothy McVeigh has only one right left. The jury should 
read Timothy McVeigh his ``last rites.'' Timothy McVeigh should be put 
to death, period.
  Mr. Speaker, an America that allows mass murderers to plea bargain is 
an America that is turning its back consistently on innocent victims 
and citizens. I say it is time to stop the record number of graves and 
cemeteries all over our country.

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