[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              KARLA FAYE TUCKER DESERVES THE DEATH PENALTY

  (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, Karla Faye Tucker, who is scheduled to be 
executed tonight, has asked for clemency. This is the same Karla Faye 
Tucker who brutally murdered two helpless victims with a pick ax, no 
less. At that trial, Karla Faye testified, and I quote, that she 
``enjoyed every single killing stroke'' and that she knowingly did not 
pay any attention to the screams and pleas of her dying victims.
  But now, Karla Faye has found the Lord and she begs for mercy. Beam 
me up, Mr. Speaker. Who now speaks for the innocent victims of Karla 
Faye Tucker? I say good night, sweet princess. Karla Faye Tucker has 
deserved the death penalty. She earned it with every single enjoyable 
killing stroke on those helpless victims.
  Think about it. An America that tolerates and coddles murderers will 
continue to have them.

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