[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 29 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXTRADITION OF JOANNE CHESIMARD

  (Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, 25 years ago Joanne Chesimard 
gunned down two State Troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike. After 
hitting Trooper Werner Foerster with two shots in the chest, Chesimard 
grabbed his gun and fired two more bullets execution-style into his 
head. Six years later, after serving just 2 years of a life sentence 
for first-degree murder, she successfully broke out of prison.
  Recently, I was shocked to turn on the evening news and see Joanne 
Chesimard a free woman, living the high life in Cuba. Fidel Castro is 
protecting this cold-blooded cop killer. There can and must be no safe 
haven for Joanne Chesimard.
  Today, I am introducing a resolution which calls on the State 
Department to demand the extradition of Joanne Chesimard as a condition 
for any improvement in our relations with Cuba. I urge my colleagues to 
support this resolution. Insist that justice be served. Bring back 
Joanne Chesimard to the United States to spend the rest of her life 
behind bars.

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